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English to English adjective
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Cleaning off surfaces, or cleaning away dust, dirt, or litter, as a broom does; moving with swiftness and force; carrying everything before it; including in its scope many persons or things; as, a sweeping flood; a sweeping majority; a sweeping accusation. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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taking in or moving over (or as if over) a wide area; often used in combination | | Example: a sweeping glance
a wide-sweeping view of the river
source: wordnet30
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ignoring distinctions | | Example: sweeping generalizations
wholesale destruction
source: wordnet30 noun
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the act of cleaning with a broom | | source: wordnet30
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