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To unblock, typically by flushing or cleaning
“Avoid allowing water to be mixed with gasoline, and never attempt to clean out the pipes with water or oil.”
To impoverish or financially ruin
“I swear that woman and her mother are going to clean him out.”
To disinfect, purify, or rid of vermin with the fumes of certain chemicals
To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.
To clean and service (a car), as a valet does
To empty a place or container
(informal) To rob a place by ransacking it
To make bare by completely removing (everything)
To carry out spring-cleaning on (a room, a house, etc)
To clear or free by removing blockages
To finish or use up a resource
(of food) To consume or get through the final amount or portion of
To plunder or completely remove the contents of, typically nefariously
To make drastic changes to
To remove the innards of
To completely destroy or devastate
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