CLEARED OUT Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

cleared out

verb

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past tense of clear out

as in dispersed

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 escaped

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 departed

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 cleared out The clubhouse cleared out quickly after Friday’s loss, with the disappointment feeling palpable. —

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026 The high-heat coils of a toaster sit mere inches away from where crumbs collect, creating a potential ignition source if debris isn't regularly cleared out. —

Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 13 May 2026 Last Friday, the City of Stockton cleared out an encampment behind Registration for Life Ministries on East Anderson Street, delivering notices for people living there to vacate the area. —

Nina Burns, CBS News, 12 May 2026 Brewer cleared out the food in her refrigerator, grabbed some clothes, and drove more than an hour southwest with her partner to Franklin, to stay with relatives. —

Andrew Jones, NPR, 28 Apr. 2026 All of that Midwest mess had cleared out Saturday, setting the stage for some thrilling action on the track. —

The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2026 Tharp said this approach is a way to allow tumors to be cleared out. —

Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 When Pahlavi left the stage to a standing ovation, half the room cleared out. —

Moriah Thomas, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026 Out-of-town attendees who filled the early days largely cleared out, leaving a more local audience in their wake. —

Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 20 Mar. 2026

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Attackers also burned down one of the patient-isolation tents hastily erected on the hospital grounds, before soldiers dispersed them by firing warning shots.

— Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 28 May 2026
The officers, aided by officers from South Chicago Heights and other neighboring jurisdictions, Cook County and Will County sheriff’s deputies and K-9 units, dispersed the teens, who were blocking the 3300 block of Chicago Road and moving into a parking lot on the street’s east side, police said.

— Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026