CLEARED OUT Synonyms: 150 Similar and Opposite Words

cleared out

verb

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 On third-and-10, senior quarterback Braeden Novak hit senior wide receiver Nico Caputo in stride down the right sideline for a touchdown as a deep receiver cleared out coverage. — Dave Oberhelman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026 The family could have cleared out a decaying bungalow and built something simpler in its place. — Nuriyah Johar, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026 At Lincoln Bay, Duke said their elevators sensed water and immediately went to the 10th floor, where they were locked in place and unusable until contractors cleared out the pit below. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026 As stores were cleared out and inventory marked down, shoppers once again encountered Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus stores stripped of the upscale allure that had defined them. — Rachel Felder, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026 Unfortunately, the team was non-competitive down the stretch, dropping their final five games by 23 or more points each after mid-season trades cleared out key stars. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026 Workers had cleared out and sanitized the eastern freezer, which was largely destroyed in the fire, earlier in the cleanup process. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 Setting a digital reminder one week prior to these dates gives you a crucial head start to book a babysitter before the neighborhood high schoolers are completely cleared out! — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 16 Aug. 2026 Farmer was twice cleared out of the gap where the Colts hit interior long runs. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Aug. 2026

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Verb

As the twentieth century dispersed Russia’s literati, some left this nostalgic concept behind, while others trailed its shadow with them into exile, burying themselves in the great Russian novels that had formed its foundation.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026
The human beings are not freely dispersed around the central figure of God, in this panel, but ranked in strict tiers from the lowest unfortunates to the highest saints.

— Artforum, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of dispersed

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Three women inmates escaped a transport van in the midst of the fire chaos, and Mickey needed her troops to find the missing convicts instead of helping with the fire.

— Megan Vick, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
Stayner first became notable as the older brother of Steven Stayner, who escaped a 1972 kidnapping in 1980.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of escaped

Verb

Both teams departed to the capital on Tuesday for Sunday's game at Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, home of the record 15-time European champion.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Hungary The bomb threats came a day after a Wizz Air flight that departed Luton airport near London was forced to make an emergency landing in Hungary after a bomb threat received while the plane was in the air.

— Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of departed

Verb

Other passengers hit the man, and when the bus stopped and the couple fled, a crowd of riders and people from the street chased them, until they were rescued by police.

— Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
Palestinian citizens of Israel, descendants of those who remained as the state of Israel was established in 1948 (when a majority of the prewar population was forcibly expelled or fled during the war) now make up about 20% of the population.

— Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of fled

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Kon Knueppel exited to the locker room just six minutes into his season debut Wednesday night.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026
With Hopkins’ appointment, Scott Miller, who previously served as WBD’s president of networks and streaming distribution, exited the company.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of exited

Verb

Then Reyes got out of the car, dragged the unconscious victim out of the street and placed his bag next to him on a bench before fleeing the scene, the documents said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
After Cambodia's crackdown, workers who had money to buy a plane ticket home got out quickly.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of got out

Verb

West initially imagined his look through the imagery of the early papacy—particularly the period when the papal court moved from Rome to Avignon.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Two years after their wedding, the pair moved from their Kansas hometown to Nashville so Martina could pursue a music career.

— Georgia Slater, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of moved

Verb

Quarterback Rocco Becht went 16-for-27 for 240 yards and threw first-half touchdowns to Chase Sowell and Zay Robinson, both of whom were listed as questionable on the pregame injury report but ended up being good to play.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
The Dons went ahead 21-20 on Sierra Aswad’s back-to-back aces in set three.

— Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

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