swept

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of sweep. Use this form for something that already happened.

   She swept the kitchen floor right after dinner.

   The strong wind swept all the dry leaves into one big pile.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Made safe by finding and removing hidden bombs buried in the ground or water.

   Like a yard checked for broken glass and cleared before the kids play on it.

   The beach was finally swept, so the families could return without fear of buried mines.

   Troops crossed the swept field knowing the explosives had already been cleared.

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