swept

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swept

/swɛpt/ Canada, US, UK
/swept/ Australia, New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɛpt

adjective

not comparable, of a body of water or part thereof Cleared of mines (explosive devices). Having survived the seemingly-random attacks through the day, and now under the cover of night, the Germans seem to have a clear run to safety. However, back when the route became clear thanks to the Enigma intercepts, Bomber Command had laid more mines in the swept channel. And now, along comes Gne

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of sweep

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sweptback, sweptwing, attacked, brushed, bulldozed, came, combed, concealed, dashed, devastate, devastated, drowned, engulfed, entrained, erupted, excavated

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@misc{swept_2026,
  title = {swept},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/swept},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}