clearing out 1 of 2

noun

Definition of clearing outnext
as in withdrawal

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clearing out

2 of 2

verb

present participle of clear out
1
as in dispersing
to cause (members of a group) to move widely apart police used tear gas to clear out the demonstrators

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2
as in escaping
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation everyone cleared out as soon as the fire alarm began sounding

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3
as in departing
to leave a place often for another the lunch crowd usually clears out by 2:00 p.m. at the latest

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clearing out
  1. withdrawal
  2. dispersing
  3. escaping
  4. departing
  5. retirement
  6. fleeing
  7. exiting
  8. egress
Noun
  • Attorney General: Pam Bondi Trump announced former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi as his pick to lead the Justice Department—elevating an ally shortly after former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal.
    Sara Dorn, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The House Ethics Committee voted last week to keep its investigation of allegations that Gaetz slept with an underage woman private, but lawmakers charged ahead with plans to force its release, leading to his withdrawal.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of withdrawal
Verb
  • Both are refillable and have an airless pump so it can be applied at any angle while dispersing the perfect amount of product.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • That includes not just dispersing the cast, but shocking the audience with twists that seem outside the series’ purview, like when trader Rishi’s (Sagar Radia) loan shark suddenly shoots his wife in the head, instantly killing her.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of dispersing
Verb
  • Helene was so destructive, many residents don’t have a home left to clean up, escaping the storm with little more than the clothes on their backs, even losing their shoes to the surging tides.
    Kate Payne and David R. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Nash-Betts' character ended up crashing her car, landing her back in the hospital with Ed as her nurse, and the episode ended with the pair breaking out of the hospital hand-in-hand and escaping in Ed's red convertible.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of escaping
Verb
  • Election Night Live with Brian Williams will mark Williams’ first major appearance since departing MSNBC and NBC News at the end of 2021.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The House passed the bill last December in a bipartisan vote, and departing Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers is pressing the Senate to take it up, viewing PBM reform as a legacy health care item.
    Peter Sullivan, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of departing
Noun
  • The train cars that will be sent to Lima were built between 1985 and 1987 and served millions of riders in the Bay Area until their retirement.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Our floor-through apartment on Bond Street is my luckiest business decision and my only retirement fund.
    Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of retirement
Verb
  • Workers are already fleeing the profession in search of higher wages in retail or fast food.
    Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Families fleeing the central Beirut strike on Thursday streamed into the mosque’s grounds.
    Jomana Karadsheh, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of fleeing
Verb
  • These firms all require partner banks to provide access to the banking system, and banks are exiting the business of partner banking.
    Gene A. Grant II, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • John Amos, who rose to fame as the father on Good Times before abruptly exiting the sitcom after three seasons, has died.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of exiting
Noun
  • Solutions floated at the time included imposing price controls restricting the level of egress fees, lowering technical barriers to switching cloud providers, and banning agreements encouraging firms to commit more spend in return for discounts.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
  • During the February hearing, federal prosecutors bemoaned Texas' effort to enact immigration law as a clear overstep into the federal government's authority, laying out their case arguing that the state lacks the authority to determine the ingress and egress of migrants along the southern border.
    Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Mar. 2024
Definition of egress
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