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sweep
noun- in combat, a search and destroy mission or a concerted search through an area US
- Romeo sat security for the howitzers and pulled search-and-destroy missions–S & Ds–day sweeps, we called them. — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 73, 1977
- Very tough, very brave, I said, “Sir, please go out and sweep the area.” — Al Santoli, To Bear Any Burden, p. 194, 1985
- The brigade was making a “Sweep,” also known as a search-and-destroy mission, of the region west of Dak To. — Lucian K. Truscott, Army Blue, p. 112, 1989
- a concerted effort to find someone or something illegal US, 1974
- They bring all those eyeball witnesses into the squad room, be like a hooker sweep out there. — Elmore Leonard, Be Cool, p. 21, 1999
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