sweep away

phrasal verb

swept away; sweeping away; sweeps away

: to destroy or remove (something) completely

Floods swept away several houses.

His performance today swept away any doubts about his ability to play.

Examples of sweep away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But Wind swept away with the title in the end, despite Cristál’s hilarious, vampiric performance. —

Stephen Daw, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2024 Bul and Dau Mabil were swept away by the winds of a brutal civil war and famine, landing in the U.S. in the early 2000s. —

Trymaine Lee, NBC News, 19 Apr. 2024 Popular on Variety But that opportunity for connection swiftly gets swept away in the one-way twister to Oz, where a hypercolor surge of stimulation competes for audience attention. —

Naveen Kumar, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024 Photos and videos from the province show roads turned into raging rivers, and homes and bridges being swept away. —

Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024 So mark your calendars, gather your loved ones, and prepare to be swept away by the magic of springtime in Southern California. —

Branded Content Contributor, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024 Jamie Lockhart, executive director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia, said that language holds no force and would be swept away if federal law changed. —

Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024 Last year, two dams collapsed and swept away thousands in the eastern city of Derna. —

Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024 The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a Facebook post on Monday that the San Dimas Station received reports on Saturday around 9:50 a.m. local time of a woman who was swept away by strong river currents near the Heaton Flats Trail. —

Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2024

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