Sweep and Trouncing

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

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Trouncing is an antonym for sweep.

Nearby Words: sweeping, sweeper

Trouncing noun - Failure to win a contest.

Usage example: took a serious trouncing during the last three minutes of the game

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Sweep is an antonym for trouncing.

Nearby Words: trounce, trounced

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Trouncing and Sweep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sweep/trouncing

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