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

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  • verb overwhelm emotionally
  • verb eliminate completely and without a trace

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