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[ verb ] eliminate completely and without a trace

Synonyms

wipe_out

Examples

"The old values have been wiped out"

Used in print

(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)

In 1896 a Japanese tsunami killed 27000 people and swept_away 10000 homes .

(Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)

As they looked with_nostalgia to a society which had been swept_away , they were probably no_more than half conscious that they painted_in_colors which had never existed .

Related terms

destroy destruction

2
[ verb ] overwhelm emotionally

Synonyms

sweep_off

Examples

"Her swept her away"

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

Is he swept_away by sentiment and nostalgia for an America that was ?

Related terms

affect

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