Play and Sweep

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Play

Play noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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Sweep is a synonym for play in movement topic. In some cases you can use "Sweep" instead the word "Play" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like range, space, latitude.

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

Sweep

Sweep noun - An area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends.

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Play is a synonym for sweep in movement topic. Sometimes you can use "Play" instead the word "Sweep" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as range, space.

Nearby Words: sweeping, sweeper

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How words are described

good	good play	good sweep
full	full play	full sweep
nice	nice play	nice sweep
long	long play	long sweep
Other adjectives: single, entire, little, new, double.

Common collocations

kind	play kind	sweep kind
world	play world	sweep world
game	play game	sweep game
games	play games	sweep games

Both words in one sentence

In normal play Giovanni's Gym battle is considered an anticlimax because he has no Normal-type Pokémon, letting a Water-type sweep his team.

Source: Lets Play / Twitch Plays Pokémon Red
If you play as the Martians in Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds, for the first month or so even your basic Scout Machines will sweep away anything the Humans can throw at you.

Source: Wake-Up Call Boss
Vince Lombardi built most of his career on a single play- the Power Sweep.

Source: Boring But Practical / Other Media

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