The militiamen from the Kastoria and Edessa districts were actively involved in the German anti-guerilla sweep operations.

Placing new windows and resizing existing windows are done by sweep operations.

I thought they were carrying out a sweep operation, hunting down insurgents who were at the hotel.

From 29 July-31 August 1943, a combined German and Cham force launched an anti-partisan sweep operation codenamed Augustus.

At times, severe weather or low visibility forced Trident to secure from sweep operations; and, in foggy weather, she helped to regulate harbor traffic.

On January 22, 1968, the ROK Army's 6th Corps began a massive sweep operation to capture or kill any members of the unit.

His experience allowed him to organize successful sweep operations and to destroy the main strongholds of the Democratic Army of Greece there.

In addition she covered minesweepers during sweep operations through waters which had been heavily mined with irregular patterns.

Human rights groups said many civilians went missing there during the sweep operation three months earlier.

The Kyrgyz security forces carried out sweep operations, purportedly to confiscate illegal weapons.