Synonyms for cleaning
clean·ing

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1. cleaning, cleansing, cleanupnoun

   the act of making something clean

   "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"

   Synonyms:
   cleanup position, cleanup spot, killing, cleansing, cleanup

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1. List of paraphrases for "cleaning":

   clean-up, cleansing, cleanup, clean, cleanliness, clearance, clearing, washing, cleaner, cleaners, purification, wash, household

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1. Ellsworth Police Lieutenant Harold Page:

   I suspect someone was just cleaning out their house and tossed this book without knowing it had a gun inside.

2. Matt Mackowiak:

   The stakes were pretty high during that meeting. People were watching very closely. I think he needed to be probably a little more disciplined in that interaction, and he’s been cleaning that up for the last few days.

3. Grenita Lathan:

   We will have a reduced number of students out on the playground at a certain time, we'll need to make sure that we're cleaning all of our playground equipment throughout the day.

4. Stephen Morse:

   Even if you clean it twice a day, if someone happens just by chance to come on who's infected and their hands may be contaminated — they just sneezed into their hands and they put their hand on some surface — the cleaning only works for a short time, it's really up to all of us to take the precautions to protect ourselves.

5. Shipbreaking Platform Jenssen:

   Our role is to promote clean and safe solutions and to make sure that there is no double standard in the way the environment and workers are protected around the world, it is key to make sure that the surrounding environment is not contaminated. This is impossible on a tidal beach, as is cleaning up an oil spill.