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sweepers

n. (plural of sweeper English)

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Sweepers (film)

Sweepers is a 1998 American and South African action film directed by Keoni Waxman. It stars Dolph Lundgren as Christian Erickson, a leading demolition expert trained to disarm mine fields in a humanitarian minesweeping operation in Angola. In the events his son is killed and he discovers that mines are being planted during the war to kill people in the area.

Usage examples of "sweepers".

House of Sweepers toiled to clean away the hideous mess that the multitudes of other festival-goers were creating.

The Sweepers in their purple loincloths went dancing by, whisking dangerous spirits out of the roadway with their little brooms, and then, in silence, came the heart of the Procession out of the heavy morning mists that lay at the lower end of town.

It was a chronic problem keeping sweepers because of the nature of the job.

Now I understand why people spend their time as street sweepers or on assembly lines.