1. Eliminate completely and without a trace
   "The old values have been swept away";
   - wipe out
    
2. Overwhelm emotionally
   "The beauty of the sunset swept her away"

Derived forms: sweeping away, sweeps away, swept away

Type of: affect, destroy, destruct, impress, move, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], strike, uncreate [literary]