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Cleared

adjective

1.

Rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush. "Cleared streets free of fallen trees and debris" , "A cleared passage through the underbrush" , "Played poker on the cleared dining room table" Antonym: uncleared.

2.

Freed from any question of guilt. Synonyms: absolved, clear, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated. "Was now clear of the charge of cowardice" , "His official honor is vindicated"

Clear

verb

(past & past part. cleared; pres. part. clearing)

1.

Rid of obstructions. Synonym: unclutter. Antonym: clutter.

2.

Make a way or path by removing objects.

3.

Become clear. Synonyms: brighten, clear up, light up. Antonym: overcast.

4.

Grant authorization or clearance for. Synonyms: authorise, authorize, pass. "The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography"

5.

Remove. "Clear snow from the road"

6.

Go unchallenged; be approved. Synonym: pass.

7.

Be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts. Antonym: bounce.

8.

Go away or disappear.

9.

Pass by, over, or under without making contact. Synonym: top.

10.

Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. Synonyms: clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out. "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

11.

Free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment.

12.

Clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc..

13.

Yield as a net profit. Synonym: net.

14.

Make as a net profit. Synonyms: net, sack, sack up.

15.

Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. Synonyms: bring in, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in. "She earns a lot in her new job" , "This merger brought in lots of money" , "He clears $5,000 each month"

16.

Sell.

17.

Pass an inspection or receive authorization.

18.

Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges. Synonyms: acquit, assoil, discharge, exculpate, exonerate. Antonym: convict.

19.

Settle, as of a debt. Synonym: solve. "Solve an old debt"

20.

Make clear, bright, light, or translucent.

21.

Rid of instructions or data.

22.

Remove (people) from a building.

23.

Remove the occupants of.

24.

Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound. Synonym: clear up.

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"Cleared" Quotes from Famous Books

... came to him. "Anything t' give pain," he reflected.... "Drive Shcotlan' Yard," he added aloud, holding to the wheel to steady himself; "there's something devilish fishy, cabby, about those cousins. Mush' be cleared up! Drive ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... the well-known authoress and Australian correspondent, who revised and cleared my original manuscripts, I have to accord my most sincere thanks. To Mr. Henniker-Heaton, M.P., who appears to be the Imperial Member in the British Parliament for all Australia, I am under great obligations, he having introduced me to Mr. Marston, of the publishing ...

— Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration • Ernest Giles

... emboldened him to try his fortune as a dramatist. He wrote the "Goodnatured Man," a piece which had a worse fate than it deserved. Garrick refused to produce it at Drury Lane. It was acted at Covent Garden in 1768, but was coldly received. The author, however, cleared by his benefit nights, and by the sale of the copyright, no less than 500 pounds, five times as much as he had made by the "Traveller" and the "Vicar of Wakefield" together. The plot of the "Goodnatured Man" is, like almost all Goldsmith's ...

— The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 3. (of 4) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... tampered with, or else suppressed, documents, a story which clears altogether the honesty of our ruined gentleman. That embezzling fellow was in a position to know, having been employed by the firm before the smash. There was no doubt about the character being cleared—but where the cleared man was nobody could tell. Another sensation in society. And then Miss Moorsom says: 'He will come back to claim me, and I'll marry him.' But he didn't come back. Between you and me I don't think he was much wanted—except by Miss Moorsom. I imagine ...

— Within the Tides • Joseph Conrad

... use his steel!" laughed M. Beaucaire, as his point passed through a tawdry waistcoat. For a moment he cut through the ring and cleared a space about him, and Lady Mary saw his face shining in the moonlight. "Canaille!" he hissed, as his horse sank beneath him; and, though guarding his head from the rain of blows from above, he managed to drag headlong from his saddle the man who had hamstrung the ...

— Monsieur Beaucaire • Booth Tarkington

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