clear
adjective
free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light.
half-clear
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a word derived from
clear.
Example Sentences
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The hosts half-clear, Jamal Musiala has a shot blocked and then Harry Kane goes down in the box.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
Following a corner, Everton could only half-clear Mahrez’s cross and the ball fell for Foden, whose shot took a deflection off Coleman to beat Pickford on the England goalkeeper’s return to the side.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2021
The opera takes its unearthly power from metaphors of blindness, from the Symbolist taste for leaving things half-said, for making things only half-clear.
From New York Times ● May 8, 2017
EDT 15:49 41 min: Nathaniel Clyne sends a cross in from the right, which Villarreal half-clear.
From The Guardian ● May 5, 2016
It is not half-clear consciousness, not a lower degree of awareness, only the objects of awareness are crumbled and fading.
From Psychotherapy by Hugo Münsterberg
