CLEAR OUT Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words

clear out

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as in to disperse

to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart police used tear gas to clear out the demonstrators

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as in to escape

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation everyone cleared out as soon as the fire alarm began sounding

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as in to depart

to leave a place often for another the lunch crowd usually clears out by 2:00 p.m. at the latest

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Recent Examples of clear out Many North American forests evolved over millennia with low-intensity wildfires that clear out dense undergrowth. —

Lauren Sommer, NPR, 4 May 2026 Early in the morning on May 6, police in riot gear encircled the encampment and ordered everyone to clear out, arresting 64 individuals who stayed. —

Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026 The appointment of a new interim chancellor should be accompanied by broad authority to clear out the wreckage. —

Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026 For example, the Associated Press reported that Chinese online shopping platforms were preventing customers from purchasing drones for delivery to Beijing addresses as of late April, while some consumer electronics stores were attempting to clear out their drone stocks by the deadline. —

Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for clear out

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The situation has captured international attention as some passengers had disembarked and dispersed across multiple countries before the outbreak was fully understood, prompting some to draw comparisons to the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

— Kara Fox, CNN Money, 7 May 2026
Wildfires often cross boundaries, for example from a national park into a national forest, and span dispersed remote areas where no one is monitoring visitation.

— Kyle Manley, The Conversation, 6 May 2026