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sweep out collapse

scavenge collapse: remove unwanted substances from; feed on carrion or refuse; "hyenas scavenge"; clean refuse from; "Scavenge a street"

dry clean collapse: clean with chemical agents

delouse collapse: free of lice; "They deloused the prisoners after they liberated the camps"

vacuum collapse: an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction; a region that is devoid of matter; the absence of matter; clean with a vacuum cleaner; "vacuum the carpets"

bowdlerize collapse: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel"

expurgate collapse

clean out collapse: empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers"; deprive completely of money or goods; "The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours"; force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"

sweeten collapse: make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"; make sweeter in taste

cleanse collapse: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"; purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is supposed to cleanse you from your sins"

whiten collapse: turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry"

wipe collapse: rub with a circular motion; "wipe the blackboard"; "He passed his hands over the soft cloth"

brush off collapse

wipe out collapse: eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out"

clean up collapse: make oneself clean, presentable or neat; "Clean up before you go to the party"; dispose of; "settle the bills"; make a big profit; often in a short period of time; "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up"

counterrevolution collapse: a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution

bleach collapse: the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent); the whiteness that results from removing the color from something; "a complete bleach usually requires several applications"; make whiter or lighter; "bleach the laundry"; remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

purify collapse: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation; "purify the water"; make pure or free from sin or guilt; "he left the monastery purified"; become clean or pure or free of guilt and sin; "The hippies came to the ashram in order to purify"

clean slate collapse

clear out collapse: move out and leave nothing behind

freshen collapse: become or make oneself fresh again; "She freshened up after the tennis game"

tidy collapse: receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials); marked by good order and cleanliness in appearance or habits; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"; "a tidy mind"; put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!"

defecate collapse

subversion collapse: the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

trundle collapse: small wheel or roller; move heavily; "the streetcar trundled down the avenue"

shapely collapse: having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs"

whisk collapse: a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes; a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream; whip with or as if with a wire whisk; "whisk the eggs"; brush or wipe off lightly; move somewhere quickly; "The President was whisked away in his limo"; move quickly and nimbly; "He whisked into the house"

tabula rasa collapse: a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke)

cataclysm collapse

guiltless collapse

scavenger collapse: any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter; a chemical agent that is added to a chemical mixture to counteract the effects of impurities

debacle collapse: a sudden and violent collapse; flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

clear away collapse

treadle collapse: operate (machinery) by a treadle; tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones"

scour collapse: a place that is scoured (especially by running water); rub hard or scrub; "scour the counter tops"; examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"

clear the decks collapse

revulsion collapse

clean collapse: free of drugs; "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years"; free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"; not carrying concealed weapons; (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense; "a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license"; free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"; (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; "good clean fun"; "a clean joke"; not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean"; ritually clean or pure; thorough and without qualification; "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break"; exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"; (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript"; morally pure; "led a clean life"; without difficulties or problems; "a clean test flight"; free from impurities; "clean water"; "fresh air"; (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"; free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner"; completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out"; remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"; remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it"; remove while making clean; "Clean the spots off the rug"; make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"; remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"; deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; "The other players cleaned him completely"; be cleanable; "This stove cleans easily"

eliminate collapse: kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"; terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations; remove from a contest or race; "The cyclist has eliminated all the competitors in the race"

deplete collapse

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