What is the meaning of Sweeping?

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(a.) 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.
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Sweep.

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