Synonyms for clarify
ˈklær əˌfaɪclar·i·fy

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1. clarify, clear up, elucidateverb

   make clear and (more) comprehensible

   "clarify the mystery surrounding her death"

   Synonyms:
   brighten, get through, enlighten, crystalize, clear up, crystalise, elucidate, illuminate, crystallize, sort out, polish off, clear, wrap up, mop up, finish up, crystallise, light up, finish off, straighten out, shed light on

   Antonyms:
   obfuscate

2. clarifyverb

   make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

   "clarify the butter"; "clarify beer"

   Synonyms:
   elucidate, clear up

   Antonyms:
   obfuscate

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1. clarifyverb

   Synonyms:
   purify, clear, make clear

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1. List of paraphrases for "clarify":

   clarifying, clarification, specify, elucidate, explain, clarified, clarifies, elucidation, clarity, clear, indicate, refine

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1. Sara Haines:

   Turning Point USA security tried to remove the neo-Nazis from the area but could not because they were on public property. Also, Turning Point USA wanted us to clarify that The View was a Turning Point USA Summit and not a Republican Party event.

2. Del Corto:

   It will clarify a lot for me these next couple of weeks, i think once Nevada comes through, we will make our decision.

3. Richard Isaacson:

   While this was a longer-term study, these results parallel findings from our clinical research in the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic, where people who made dietary and other lifestyle changes showed cognitive improvements in 18 months, future studies will help to clarify how long a person needs to make a dietary change before seeing an impact on cognitive outcomes.

4. John Kirby:

   The secretary heard from personnel across the force about the need to update and clarify this policy during the standdowns that he directed earlier this year, that was one of the common bits of feedback that we got, was that they wanted more clarity. And so we tried to do that with this new instruction.

5. Debbie Wasserman Schultz:

   I just want to clarify that Stuckey is expressing her own opinion exclusively, and has no scientific or particular expertise in this subject matter whatsoever.