Swabs

Synonyms for "swabs" (81 found)

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air-dry anhydrate bake baptize bath bathe blot broom brush burn cleaning cure dab dehumidify dehydrate desiccate

Verb(1 words)

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device douche drain dry dry up evaporate exsiccate fire flush flush out gargle holystone insolate instrument irrigate kiln lather launder lave mariner

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mop mop up mummify

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Noun(4 words)

neptunian sailor swabby swob

parch rinse rinse out ritually immerse rub sailor scorch scour scrub scrub up sear shampoo shower shrivel sluice sluice out smoke soak up soap sponge

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sun sun-dry swabby syringe toivel torrefy towel tub wash wash out wash up weazen wipe wither wizen

Verb(1 words)

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I clean my ears using cotton swabs.

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Daniele Macchini, a physician at Humanitas Gavazzeni hospital in Bergamo, wrote : “The war has literally exploded, and the battles are uninterrupted day and night. The results of the swabs now come one after the other: positive, positive, positive. Suddenly the emergency room is collapsing.”

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Researchers say the dogs are beating the swabs — detecting positive coronavirus cases that the tests have missed.

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Tom regularly cleaned his ears out with cotton swabs.

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