Definition of "sweep away" []

• To remove something by, or as if by, sweeping. (verb)
• To overwhelm someone emotionally; sweep someone off their feet. (verb)
• To completely destroy, to annihilate (verb)

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• "Taim's opposition seemed to sweep away Rand's uncertainty."
• "If we get a good tide with us, we shall sweep away the whole inertia, which is the whole force of these gentlemen, except Norton."
• "A chill winter and the frozen dead stack up like cordwood, while summer fevers sweep away legions too weak to fight them off while you sit in comfort in your palaces."