" sweeps (away) "

1: to destroy all traces of;

  * e.g., " ... some priceless works of literature were swept away when the library at Alexandria burned "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abolishes,

•  annihilates,

•  blacks out,

•  blots out,

•  cancels,

•  cleans (up),

•  effaces,

•  eradicates,

•  erases,

•  expunges,

•  exterminates,

•  extirpates,

•  liquidates,

•  obliterates,

•  roots (out),

•  rubs out,

•  snuffs (out),

•  stamps (out),

•  wipes out

•  Antonyms : 

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