Synonyms for swept
swɛptswept

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1. sweptadjective

   possessing sweep

   "the sleek swept wings of the plane"

   Antonyms:
   unswept

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1. List of paraphrases for "swept":

   shoveled, scanned, stormed, devastated, invaded, overpowered, bulldozed

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1. Simon Westaway:

   People see a state of emergency and don't know if they'll be able to get in or out, this contagion has really swept across the industry.

2. Aleister Crowley:

   Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely and swept away every mystery from sex; and this means the acquisition of a profound philosophical theory based on wide reading of anthropology and enlightened practice.

3. Marc Fernich:

   While respecting the Court’s ruling, we’re disappointed that substantial allegations of grave jury misconduct continue to be swept under the rug and left wholly unexamined in a case of historic proportion — all, it appears, because of the defendant’s matchless notoriety.

4. Karen Duggan:

   The water picked them up, carried them, they managed to stay afloat and come to rest on our island, they can all swim, but they are not the best swimmers. Of the cattle that got swept away - and I don't know how many that was - only three of them have managed to find footing on the islands that remain.

5. Michela Favorito:

   We saw the explosion from the hotel. There was a loud roar, we plugged our ears and after this a cloud of ash swept over us. The whole sky is full of ash, a fairly large cloud.