Mop-up Synonyms

mŏpŭp
To succeed in carrying out
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dispatch
  2. clean up
Defeat thoroughly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. worst
  2. wipe-up
  3. pip
  4. whip
  5. mop
  6. rack-up
Finish a task completely
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. get-through
  2. wrap-up
  3. finish off
  4. polish off
  5. clear up
  6. finish-up
A concluding action
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. completion
  2. culmination
  3. closing
  4. windup

Words Related to Mop-up

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Mop-up Sentence Examples

  • They contain important antioxidants used by the body to mop up damaging free radicals, which increase in the body during stress.

  • Within the body, substances called antioxidants mop up the free oxygen molecules before they cause damage.

  • In laboratory experiments, the form of tannins in pomegranate juice called punicalagins has demonstrated its ability to act as a free radical scavenger and mop up free radicals, thought to be a precursor to cancer.

  • And don't mop up the floor!

  • I'll gag him and mop up the blood, too.

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