Antonyms for sweep away
| Grammar : Verb |
- accept
- admit
- aid
- allow
- appoint
- approve
- assist
- bear
- build
- choose
- construct
- create
- drop
- embrace
- employ
- engage
- fill
- fix
- free
- give
- grow
- guard
- help
- hire
- hold
- improve
- keep
- legalize
- let go
- liberate
- lose
- lower
- maintain
- mend
- offer
- permit
- praise
- preserve
- promote
- protect
- raise
- ratify
- release
- repair
- retain
- sanction
- save
- secure
- spend
- surrender
- take in
- uphold
- weaken
- welcome
- yield
Definition of sweep away
- As in ravage : verb destroy, ransack
- As in scoop : verb dig up; shovel
- As in discard : verb get rid of
- As in dismiss : verb send away, remove; free
Synonyms for sweep away
- abandon
- abdicate
- abjure
- abolish
- adios
- annihilate
- bail
- banish
- boot
- break up
- brush off
- bundle
- can
- cancel
- capture
- cashier
- cast aside
- cast off
- cast out
- chase
- chuck
- clear
- clear away
- consume
- cream
- crush
- damage
- decline
- deep-six
- demolish
- deport
- desecrate
- desert
- desolate
- despoil
- detach
- devastate
- dig
- dig out
- dip
- disband
- discard
- dismantle
- disorganize
- dispatch
- dispense with
- disperse
- dispose of
- dispossess
- disrupt
- dissolve
- ditch
- divorce
- do away with
- do without
- drive out
- drop
- dump
- eject
- eliminate
- empty
- excavate
- expel
- exterminate
- extinguish
- forage
- foray
- force out
- forsake
- free of
- gather
- give up
- gouge
- grub
- gut
- harry
- have done with
- hollow
- impair
- jettison
- junk
- kick out
- lade
- ladle
- lay waste
- leave in ruins
- let go
- let out
- lift
- lock out
- loot
- oust
- outlaw
- overrun
- overthrow
- overwhelm
- part with
- pick up
- pillage
- pirate
- plunder
- prey
- prostrate
- protest
- pull down
- push aside
- push back
- put by
- raid
- rape
- raze
- reject
- release
- relegate
- relinquish
- remove
- renounce
- repeal
- repel
- repudiate
- rid
- rob
- ruin
- sack
- scrap
- scrape
- seize
- send off
- send packing
- shake off
- shatter
- shed
- show out
- sink
- slough off
- smash
- spade
- spoil
- spoliate
- stamp out
- strip
- supersede
- sweep away
- sweep up
- take up
- throw away
- throw out
- throw overboard
- toss aside
- total
- trample
- trash
- turn out
- waste
- wreak havoc
- wreck
- wrest
- write off
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