Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb clean_out

3 senses of clean out

Sense 1
clean out, clear out -- (empty completely; "We cleaned out all the drawers")
       => empty -- (make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building")

Sense 2
clean out -- (force out; "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers")
       => displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate -- (terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers")

Sense 3
clean out -- (deprive completely of money or goods; "The robbers cleaned us out in a couple of hours")
       => deprive, strip, divest -- (take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets")