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. Zoltan Nogradi:

   Did the Hungarian refugees ever attack the police in a violent mob, throwing stones ? there's no comparison because if there was no fence, my town would have already been swept away.

2. Nigel Gould-Davies:

   This is easily the most serious security crisis in Europe since the 1980s, russia and the West have disagreed so fundamentally on worldview and that fundamental disagreement has been swept under the carpet for years.

3. Hans Dieter Poetsch:

   We will be relentless in seeking to establish who was responsible, everything is on the table. Nothing will be swept under the carpet.

4. Keisuke Masuda:

   He was swept away right before my eyes.

5. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus:

   Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.