橫waang4掃sou3

simp横扫

waang4 sou3héng sǎo

English

to sweep away
to sweep across
to sweep across or over; to sweep away

粵語 — Cantonese

好快而且好猛烈咁掠過

Examples

橫掃千軍
Sweeping away a thousand soldiers
颱風橫掃香港，造成多宗山泥傾瀉。
The typhoon which has swept across Hong Kong led to several landslides.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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