What is another word for sweep?
1410 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ swˈiːp], [ swˈiːp], [ s_w_ˈiː_p]Table of Contents
Similar words for sweep:- act (noun)
- arrest (noun)
- breadth (noun)
- broom (noun)
- capacity (noun)
- capture (noun)
- chimney sweep (noun)
- chimneysweep (noun)
- chimneysweeper (noun)
- compass (noun)
- course (noun)
- cross (noun)
- curve (noun)
- degree (noun)
- distance (noun)
- drag (noun)
- drag in (noun)
- ebb (noun)
- embroil (noun)
- end run (noun)
- expanse (noun)
- extension (noun)
- field (noun)
- field of vision (noun)
- freedom (noun)
- gamut (noun)
- land (noun)
- landslide (noun)
- latitude (noun)
- motion (noun)
- movement (noun)
- paddle (noun)
- panorama (noun)
- protraction (noun)
- raffle (noun)
- raid (noun)
- range (noun)
- range, extent (noun)
- realm (noun)
- room (noun)
- self-government (noun)
- sheet (noun)
- slam (noun)
- spread (noun)
- sway (noun)
- sweep (noun)
- tack (noun)
- taking into custody (noun)
- victory (noun)
- visual field (noun)
- wash (noun)
- wave (noun)
- win (noun)
- brush off, away (verb)
- clean (verb)
- clear (verb)
- comb (verb)
- curve (verb)
- examine (verb)
- flash (verb)
- flood (verb)
- flourish (verb)
- flow (verb)
- fly, glide (verb)
- lick (verb)
- paddle (verb)
- prance (verb)
- raid (verb)
- rake (verb)
- range (verb)
- sail (verb)
- scan (verb)
- strut (verb)
- swagger (verb)
- touch (verb)
- triumph (verb)
- unblock (verb)
- whisk (verb)
- other synonyms
- clean
- examine
- flit
- flood
- lick
- paddle
- rake
- sail
- touch
- wash
Synonyms for Sweep:
n.
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- spin,
- about-face,
- revolution,
- turn,
- swirl,
- wriggle,
- whirl,
- twirl,
- rotation,
- twist.
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- assembly,
- agglomeration,
- arsenal,
- bale,
- assortment,
- bevy,
- battery,
- bank,
- assemblage,
- batch.
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- polish,
- treatment,
- rub,
- purification,
- detoxification.
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- open water,
- sound,
- lagoon,
- inlet,
- neck,
- channel,
- groundwater,
- Narrows,
- ground.
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- probe,
- go through,
- hunt down,
- search,
- scavenge,
- search out,
- pick through,
- seek out,
- look for,
- look out for.
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- fan out,
- diffuse,
- disperse,
- pervade,
- permeate,
- spread-out,
- sprawl,
- run,
- distribute,
- spill over.
- pro portion,
- standing room onlies,
- holding abilities,
- pro-portions,
- pro-portion,
- pro portions,
- holding powers.
- Ellipses,
- Parabolas,
- curlicues,
- horseshoes,
- catenaries,
- flexures,
- chords,
- cambers,
- incurvation,
- meniscus,
- curlicue,
- Curvation,
- Helixes,
- Menisci,
- horseshoe,
- half-moon,
- chord,
- sinuosity,
- ellipse,
- Meniscuses,
- flexure,
- halfmoon,
- hyperbolas,
- Helices,
- parabola,
- Sinuosities,
- half-moons,
- incurvature,
- catenary,
- ogees,
- helix,
- Rondure,
- Ogee,
- hyperbola.
- re move,
- out-posts,
- out skirts,
- re-moves,
- pro vinces,
- out-skirts,
- out skirt,
- farnesses,
- pro-vinces,
- re-move,
- out posts,
- far pieces,
- out-skirt.
- drag.
- re-treats,
- retro flux,
- de generation,
- re fluxes,
- de-creases,
- refluences,
- re-cessions,
- de-generations,
- refluxes,
- retrofluxes,
- retro cession,
- de-crease,
- de-cay,
- re-flux,
- re cessions,
- re-cession,
- retro-fluxes,
- retro fluxes,
- backflows,
- de cay,
- re-treat,
- low waters,
- weakenings,
- de creases,
- de-generation,
- petering outs,
- re flux,
- retro-flux,
- de crease,
- fading aways,
- de generations,
- retro cessions,
- de cays,
- de-cays,
- re-fluxes,
- retrocessions,
- flaggings,
- retro-cessions,
- outward flows,
- dwindlings,
- going outs,
- re cession,
- re treats,
- retro-cession.
- dis-tension,
- ex-tension,
- de-lays,
- ex tension,
- in creases,
- de lay,
- dis tensions,
- de lays,
- spreading outs,
- drawing outs,
- in-crease,
- lengthenings,
- ex-tensions,
- ex tensions,
- dis-tensions,
- stretchings,
- in-creases,
- de-lay,
- continuings,
- dis tension,
- in crease.
- line vision,
- line sight,
- peripheral visions,
- field-vision,
- sightlines,
- peripheral fields,
- sight line,
- sight-lines,
- field vision,
- sight lines,
- field view.
- Rampancy,
- liberty,
- full play,
- laxity,
- plenty of rope,
- Freedoms,
- full swing,
- own accord,
- flexibility,
- laissez faire,
- independency.
- over-throws,
- over throw,
- de-feat,
- de feats,
- de-feats,
- clean sweeps,
- over-throw,
- over throws,
- de feat.
- in-dependences,
- in dependence,
- in dependences,
- un restrictedness,
- run ofs,
- unrestrictednesses,
- un-restrictednesses,
- un restrictednesses,
- in-dependence,
- un-restrictedness.
- over-views,
- bird eye view,
- scenic views,
- over view,
- over views,
- bird'seye view,
- birdseye view,
- bird-eye view,
- birds-eye view,
- birdeye view,
- over-view,
- birds eye view.
- numbers game,
- flier,
- gaming,
- sweepstakes,
- sweepstake,
- bettings,
- long odds,
- tossup,
- numbers,
- random shot.
- de scents,
- forced entrances,
- de-scents,
- in-roads,
- de-scent,
- breakin,
- de scent,
- tipovers,
- hit-and-runs,
- shootups,
- in-road,
- in roads,
- hit and runs,
- in road,
- hit and run.
- ex-tensities,
- earshots,
- ex tensities,
- para meter,
- ex-tensity,
- para-meters,
- extensities,
- para meters,
- ex tensity,
- para-meter.
- room.
- slam.
- pro-fusion,
- trans-mission,
- pro-fusions,
- trans missions,
- pro fusions,
- trans-fusion,
- trans mission,
- trans fusion,
- trans-fusions,
- dis-seminations,
- trans fusions,
- dis-semination,
- dis semination,
- dis seminations.
- hole in one,
- laurels,
- subjugation,
- bulls-eye,
- mission accomplished,
- up set,
- the gold,
- feather in cap,
- bull's eye,
- subjugations.
v.
•brush off, away (verb) •clean (verb) •clear (verb)- dis engaged,
- un loose,
- un-load,
- unclogs,
- un burdened,
- dis encumbers,
- dis encumbered,
- dis-entangled,
- dis-engage,
- un-burdens,
- un-loose,
- un-packed,
- un looses,
- dis-encumbered,
- dis engaging,
- un clogs,
- un-loading,
- dis-encumbering,
- un burdening,
- un-tied,
- un-burden,
- burned off,
- un load,
- un clogged,
- un burden,
- un loads,
- dis-entangles,
- un-pack,
- dis-engaged,
- burns off,
- un-burdened,
- burning off,
- un-clogged,
- dis entangle,
- un-loaded,
- un packs,
- un tying,
- un-clogging,
- un-looses,
- dis engages,
- un packing,
- un-clog,
- un-loads,
- un-tying,
- un pack,
- un loosed,
- un loading,
- un burdens,
- dis-entangle,
- dis entangling,
- dis-engaging,
- burnt off,
- dis-engages,
- dis encumbering,
- dis-encumber,
- un loosing,
- un-clogs,
- dis-encumbers,
- dis-entangling,
- un-loosed,
- un clog,
- un packed,
- dis engage,
- dis entangled,
- un loaded,
- dis encumber,
- un tied,
- un-packing,
- dis entangles,
- un clogging,
- un-burdening,
- un-loosing,
- un-packs.
- go through with finetooth comb,
- looking high low,
- went through with finetooth comb,
- finecombed,
- finecombing,
- leaved no stone unturned,
- beat bushes,
- in spect,
- go through with fine tooth comb,
- pro bed,
- went through with fine tooth comb,
- went through with fine-tooth comb,
- in-spect,
- looking high and low,
- goes through with fine-tooth comb,
- going through with finetooth comb,
- looks high and low,
- leaving no stone unturned,
- looked high low,
- pro-bed,
- in spects,
- look high low,
- searching high heaven,
- searches high heaven,
- turning upside down,
- turns upside down,
- turns inside out,
- finecombs,
- goes through with fine tooth comb,
- looks high low,
- going through with fine-tooth comb,
- left no stone unturned,
- searched high heaven,
- in-spects,
- goes through with finetooth comb,
- going through with fine tooth comb,
- leaves no stone unturned,
- looked high and low.
- re search,
- re viewing,
- dug in to,
- in-quires,
- pro spect,
- re-searches,
- search in to,
- searched into,
- scrutinates,
- looks see,
- re view,
- searching in to,
- delving into,
- scrutinated,
- in-quire,
- searches into,
- delves in to,
- in quire,
- takes stock of,
- pats down,
- delving in to,
- digged into,
- re viewed,
- chewing over,
- re searched,
- in quired,
- go in to,
- in-quiring,
- pro-spects,
- re-views,
- re-viewed,
- scrutinating,
- re-searched,
- in-quired,
- in quires,
- re views,
- re searching,
- re searches,
- delved into,
- chewed over,
- searching into,
- digs in to,
- searched in to,
- looked see,
- delve in to,
- looking see,
- digs into,
- dig in to,
- digging in to,
- searches in to,
- sizes up,
- sized up,
- pro spects,
- pores over,
- re-searching,
- dug into,
- digging into,
- delves into,
- in quiring,
- looks over,
- taking stock of,
- re-view,
- patted down,
- pored over,
- chews over,
- took stock of,
- digged in to,
- delved in to,
- patting down.
- over-flown,
- de luged,
- pours over,
- brimming over,
- de-luge,
- over whelming,
- over-whelming,
- over-supplied,
- over supply,
- over whelm,
- brims over,
- over-whelm,
- brimmed over,
- pouring over,
- over supplies,
- poured over,
- oversupplying,
- over-flowed,
- over flows,
- over supplying,
- de luge,
- de-luges,
- over whelms,
- over flowing,
- over-flows,
- over-whelms,
- over-supplying,
- de luges,
- over flowed,
- over supplied,
- de-luging,
- over flown,
- over-whelmed,
- de-luged,
- over flow,
- de luging,
- over-flow,
- over whelmed,
- over-flowing.
- dis charging,
- dis-charging,
- smoothed along,
- smoothing along,
- exudating,
- smooths along,
- dis charge,
- in-undated,
- dis-charges,
- dis-charged,
- in undated,
- wells forth,
- dis charged,
- dis charges,
- disembogues,
- dis-charge,
- welling forth,
- welled forth,
- exudated.
- skied an oar,
- skying an oar,
- skied oar,
- skying oar,
- runs rapids,
- skies an oar,
- skyed oar,
- skies oar,
- sky oar,
- running rapids,
- skyed an oar,
- ran rapids,
- cuts water,
- cutting water.
- leans on,
- over runs,
- de spoil,
- fired on,
- de spoiled,
- de-spoils,
- tipping over,
- fall up on,
- leaned on,
- marching on,
- leaned against,
- firing on,
- leant against,
- de spoiling,
- descends on,
- knocks over,
- marches on,
- descended on,
- fell up on,
- knocking over,
- marched on,
- over running,
- falls upon,
- falling up on,
- tips over,
- falls up on,
- de-spoiled,
- fires on,
- de-spoiling,
- de-spoil,
- descending on,
- leans against,
- leaning against,
- de spoils,
- falling upon,
- leant on.
- fine combed,
- fine tooth combing,
- fine-tooth-combs,
- re moved,
- fine-combs,
- re moving,
- cleaning up,
- fine-tooth-combing,
- fine tooth combed,
- fine tooth comb,
- fine-tooth-combed,
- fine tooth combs,
- enfilades,
- fine comb,
- fine-combed,
- fine combing,
- fine combs,
- re-moving,
- fine-combing.
- hits trail,
- re aching,
- circumambulates,
- globe trotted,
- follow nose,
- followed ones nose,
- re-ached,
- following ones nose,
- hit road,
- making circuit,
- globetrotted,
- globe-trots,
- hitting the trail,
- follow one nose,
- following one's nose,
- globetrots,
- makes circuit,
- following nose,
- globe trots,
- globe-trotted,
- made circuit,
- re ached,
- follows ones nose,
- follows nose,
- re-aching,
- follows one's nose,
- followed one nose,
- globe trotting,
- followed one's nose,
- followed nose,
- following one nose,
- hits the trail,
- hit trail,
- follow ones nose,
- follows one nose,
- hitting trail.
- gat under way,
- gotten under way,
- got under way,
- skirred,
- gets under way,
- casting anchor,
- casts anchor,
- skirrs,
- makes headway,
- skirring,
- putting sea,
- puts sea,
- made headway,
- put sea,
- puts to sea.
- gives the once-over,
- had a look see,
- give the onceover,
- gave once-over,
- leafs through,
- hast a look-see,
- looking and down,
- leafed through,
- gives once over,
- having a look see,
- gave the once over,
- hath a look-see,
- had look see,
- took gander,
- hadst a look-see,
- haddest looksee,
- has looksee,
- haddest look see,
- hath look-see,
- takes gander,
- give once over,
- look up down,
- over looks,
- hadst a looksee,
- over look,
- having a looksee,
- hast look see,
- hath a look see,
- flipped through,
- had looksee,
- over-looking,
- hath a looksee,
- has a look-see,
- glances over,
- have look see,
- has a look see,
- hadst look see,
- takes a gander,
- looks up down,
- hadst looksee,
- gives onceover,
- looked up and down,
- over looked,
- flips through,
- giving the once-over,
- looks up and down,
- having look-see,
- hast look-see,
- runs over,
- gave the onceover,
- looked down,
- had a look-see,
- hadst look-see,
- having look see,
- haddest a look-see,
- over-look,
- giving once over,
- gives the onceover,
- give once-over,
- thumbing through,
- had look-see,
- has a looksee,
- taking gander,
- looked up down,
- giving the once over,
- having a look-see,
- looks through,
- has look-see,
- looking through,
- gives once-over,
- look and down,
- looks down,
- glancing over,
- dip in to,
- re gards,
- giving the onceover,
- thumbed through,
- taking a gander,
- take gander,
- having looksee,
- glanced over,
- give onceover,
- has look see,
- glances at,
- thumbs through,
- glanced at,
- over-looks,
- looking up and down,
- took a gander,
- hath look see,
- leafing through,
- hadst a look see,
- hast a looksee,
- haddest a look see,
- gave once over,
- looking up down,
- glancing at,
- haddest look-see,
- hast a look see,
- have a look see,
- looked and down,
- hast looksee,
- have looksee,
- giving onceover,
- gave onceover,
- looks and down,
- gives the once over,
- hath looksee,
- haddest a looksee,
- had a looksee,
- re-gard,
- flipping through,
- giving once-over,
- have look-see.
- peacocked,
- play audience,
- puts airs,
- puts on airs,
- put airs,
- grand stands,
- played audience,
- plays to audience,
- grand stand,
- grand standing,
- played to audience,
- plays audience,
- playing to audience,
- grand-stands,
- grand-standing,
- playing audience,
- putting airs.
- parading wares,
- played to the crowd,
- play crowd,
- parades one wares,
- paraded one's wares,
- swashbuckled,
- plays to the crowd,
- plays the crowd,
- parades ones wares,
- parading one wares,
- looks big,
- plays crowd,
- play to crowd,
- played crowd,
- paraded wares,
- paraded one wares,
- looking big,
- parading ones wares,
- parade one wares,
- played the crowd,
- parade ones wares,
- swashbuckles,
- playing the crowd,
- play the crowd,
- parading one's wares,
- playing to the crowd,
- playing crowd,
- parades wares,
- looked big,
- plays to crowd,
- paraded ones wares,
- playing to crowd,
- played to crowd,
- parades one's wares.
- art contact,
- butted on,
- be contact,
- butts on,
- lays a finger on,
- wert in contact,
- butting on,
- came together,
- Percussed,
- impinge up on,
- percusses,
- were in contact,
- feels up,
- laid finger on,
- is in contact,
- laying a finger on,
- am contact,
- impinging upon,
- Percussing,
- impinged up on,
- are contact,
- wast contact,
- art in contact,
- feeling up,
- are in contact,
- impinging up on,
- laying finger on,
- being in contact,
- is contact,
- impinges up on,
- was contact,
- am in contact,
- was in contact,
- wast in contact,
- impinges upon,
- wert contact,
- being contact,
- were contact,
- lays finger on,
- laid a finger on.
- beats the system,
- took all,
- over coming,
- carries day,
- come out top,
- striking big,
- coming out top,
- carried the day,
- pre-vails,
- strook big,
- got last laugh,
- carrying day,
- came out on top,
- takes cake,
- took it all,
- striking it big,
- over-comes,
- pre vailed,
- getting last laugh,
- gat last laugh,
- take cake,
- be sting,
- pre vailing,
- beating game,
- winned out,
- took cake,
- beats game,
- pre-vail,
- carrying the day,
- strikes big,
- beats the game,
- carry day,
- beating the system,
- gotten last laugh,
- comes out on top,
- beat game,
- take all,
- strikes it big,
- over comes,
- takes all,
- takes the cake,
- winning hands down,
- beating system,
- carries the day,
- beat system,
- blows away,
- taking cake,
- pre vails,
- came out top,
- took the cake,
- pre-vailed,
- sub due,
- blowing away,
- strook it big,
- sub dues,
- wins hands down,
- beats system,
- takes it all,
- sub-due,
- taking it all,
- over come,
- strike big,
- over-coming,
- coming out on top,
- be-sting,
- winning out,
- struck big,
- gets last laugh,
- struck it big,
- won out,
- pre vail,
- wins out,
- comes out top,
- winned hands down,
- sub-dues,
- carried day,
- won hands down,
- beating the game,
- taking all.
Other synonyms:
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- subcontinent,
- steppe,
- tundra,
- shoeshine,
- the mainland,
- tableland,
- land mass,
- romp ahead,
- hasten,
- notch up,
- outscore.
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- drift,
- ambit,
- brandish,
- swath,
- recapture,
- walk away with,
- run away with,
- swathe,
- carry off,
- walk off with.
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- pocket.
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- waste.
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- pick up.
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- register.
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- take.
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- place.
- rout out,
- Shampooed,
- routing out,
- edulcorate,
- expunge,
- Deterging,
- deterge,
- Absterge,
- hackles,
- Soaped,
- tidying up,
- edulcorates,
- Depurated,
- Hackling,
- shampoos,
- winnowing,
- Shampooing,
- Edulcorating,
- straightened up,
- Soaping,
- Depurate,
- Elutriate,
- vacuumed,
- tidied up,
- shake out,
- depurates,
- clear decks,
- hackle,
- shampoo,
- straightens up,
- winnow,
- Elutriating,
- vacuuming,
- Depurating,
- soap,
- tidy up,
- Edulcorated,
- Hackled.
- chew over,
- Parsing,
- Re-search,
- Guns,
- vetted,
- Gunning,
- parses,
- Explored,
- scrutinate,
- explores,
- pore over,
- look over,
- gunned,
- size up,
- delve into,
- Parsed,
- poring over,
- search into,
- dig into,
- looking over,
- scoped,
- scoping,
- gun,
- explore,
- VETS,
- take stock of,
- vetting,
- pat down,
- parse,
- vet,
- looked over,
- look see.
- pour over,
- glut,
- whelms,
- brim over,
- engulf,
- whelm,
- over-supplies,
- Whelmed,
- over-supply,
- Whelming,
- flood,
- oversupplied.
- sky an oar,
- Sculled,
- Oared,
- Boated,
- Oaring,
- sculling,
- run rapids,
- cut water,
- wading.
- Enfiladed,
- weeds,
- Weeding,
- weeded,
- fine-tooth-comb,
- Enfilading,
- cleaned up,
- fine-comb,
- enfilade,
- cleans up,
- weed.
- motored,
- captaining,
- make headway,
- piloting,
- put to sea,
- Skirr,
- skippering,
- captained,
- cast anchor,
- Embarking,
- getting under way,
- Voyaged,
- putting to sea,
- get under way,
- motoring,
- skippered,
- Piloted,
- making headway.
- felt up,
- palpate,
- thumbs,
- comes together,
- impinge upon,
- lay a finger on,
- palms,
- impinged upon,
- Palmed,
- touching,
- Patting,
- coming together,
- feel up,
- be in contact,
- butt on,
- thumbed,
- Patted,
- Palming,
- come together,
- thumb,
- percuss,
- lay finger on,
- Thumbing,
- palm.
- swab.
Paraphrases for Sweep:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
dive, exploration.
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Verb, past tense
Attacked.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
penetrates, Strikes, attacks, hits.
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Verb, base form
conceal.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Verb, past tense
devastated.
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Verb, past tense
Antonyms for Sweep:
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n.
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movement
line.
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range, extent
limitation.
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movement
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v.
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brush off, away
dirty.
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brush off, away
Hypernym for Sweep:
v.
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stative
rake.
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stative
Hyponym for Sweep:
n.
v.
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competition
win.
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contact
make clean, clean.
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motion
move.
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competition