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1. Empty completely
   "We cleaned out all the drawers";
   - clear out
    
2. Force out
   "The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"
    
3. Deprive completely of money or goods

Derived forms: cleaning out, cleans out, cleaned out

Type of: can [N. Amer, informal], deprive, dismiss, displace, divest, empty, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, strip, terminate