Proceed and Sweep

Proceed

Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.

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Sweep and proceed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sweep" instead a verb "Proceed".

Nearby Word: proceeding

Sweep verb - To move or proceed smoothly and readily.

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Proceed and sweep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Proceed" instead a verb "Sweep".

Nearby Words: sweeping, sweeper

party	proceed party	sweep party
field	proceed field	sweep field
area	proceed area	sweep area
amount	proceed amount	sweep amount
Other words: room, world, game, enemy, women, enemies.

The 4 side flames then proceed to sweep the sides AND back of the player, decimating most mooks they touch via massive damage.

Source: Game Breaker / Shoot'em Ups
One strategy in the metagame is to use Durant's Entrainment to keep the other pokemon from attacking every other turn and switch to Dugtrio where it will proceed to Hone Claws/Protect its way to maximum attack and proceed to sweep.

Source: Demonic Spiders / Pokémon
This means you can't just start zapping people with impunity, but have to observe patrol behavior carefully and plan out in great detail how you're going to proceed; otherwise, you're liable to find all those guys you thought you'd put down back up and helping their buddies sweep the area for you.

Source: Video Game / Deus Ex: Human Revolution

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