Swept
Both words in one sentence
- The Pilgrims arrived just shortly after a massive smallpox pandemic had swept the area, which wiped out over 90% of the Native American population.
Source: After The End / Real Life - The Dog Stars is set nine years after a super-flu wiped out almost all of the human population and a mysterious blood virus swept in to waste away many of those who remain.
Source: After The End / Literature
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Wiped and Swept. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/swept/wiped
Swept & Wiped. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/swept/wiped>.
Wiped or Swept. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/swept/wiped.
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