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Antonyms for clarify
ˈklær əˌfaɪclar·i·fy

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  1. clarify, clear up, elucidateverb

    make clear and (more) comprehensible

    "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

    Antonyms:
    obfuscate

    Synonyms:
    brighten, get through, enlighten, crystalize, clear up, crystalise, elucidate, illuminate, crystallize, sort out, polish off, clear, wrap up, mop up, finish up, crystallise, light up, finish off, straighten out, shed light on

  2. clarifyverb

    make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

    "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

    Antonyms:
    obfuscate

    Synonyms:
    elucidate, clear up

How to use clarify in a sentence?

  1. Novartis AG:

    We would like to clarify that the Company is not aware of the source of this news item.

  2. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter:

    A Fox News reporter asked Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Thursday to clarify Carter's remarks that combat is over and the counterterror mission remains. I think we've talked about it a lot, fox News’s clear when we're talking about the counterterror mission – the target is remnants of Al Qaeda. Yet these restrictions may also be a misrepresentation of the reality on the ground in Afghanistan. For example, the actions of U.S. Special Operations forces on the ground in Kunduz show U.S. troops are doing more than training Afghan forces or targeting Al Qaeda. A U.S. Special Forces team called in the airstrike on Oct. 3 that hit a Kunduz hospital run by Doctors Without Borders. The hospital had been suspected of having a Taliban presence ; the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Campbell told reporters it was the Afghans who requested the airstrike. The U.S. has since called the strike a mistake. Separately, a press release from U.S. Forces-Afghanistan revealed that beginning Oct. 7, the U.S. military.

  3. President Castillo:

    I present President Castillo to justice in order to clarify the charges that are attributed to me, with respect to the due process and not to media justice.

  4. Eugenia Zakrevska:

    I call on Mr. Manafort to clarify the allegations contained in the text messages and to contact us with any information he may have on those events.

  5. European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc:

    A toll system can only be compliant with European law if it respects the fundamental treaty principle of non-discrimination, we have serious doubts that this is the case in the final text of the relevant German laws. We are now acting swiftly to clarify these doubts through an infringement procedure in the interest of EU citizens.

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