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sweep
Synonyms and Antonyms of sweep
- Mrs. Griswold has been a teacher for so long that the sweep of her influence extends across three generations of the townspeople
Synonym Discussion of sweep
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- the entire range of human experience
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- a performance that ran the gamut of emotions
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- your concerns lie beyond the narrow compass of this study
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- the book covers the entire sweep of criminal activity
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- as time went on, the scope of the investigation widened
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- within that restricted orbit they tried to effect social change
sweep
Synonyms and Antonyms of sweep
- the wind swept across the plain without respite
- from this point the mountain range sweeps to the northeast and extends into the next state
sweep (away)
Synonyms and Antonyms of sweep (away)
- some priceless works of literature were swept away when the library at Alexandria burned
decimate, demolish, destroy, devastate, ravage
dismantle, flatten, mow (down), raze, tear down
blast, blow up, dash, dynamite, smash
atomize, consume, devour, dissolve, fragment, powder, pulverize, shatter, splinter
doom, finish, kill, kill off, terminate, zap
cancel, cut, discard, ditch, eject, excise, expel, jettison, oust, throw out
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