(chiefly, US) To clear a broad track through a grassland, woodland, geographical region, or other area, either by natural means or by human action.
1876, William Swinton, A Condensed School History of the United States, Ivison, Blakeman, and Taylor (New York), p. 277:
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(chiefly, US, figuratively, idiomatic) To behave in an expansive, flagrantly showy, or pushy manner, especially in public venues; to exert sweeping influence.
: Sherman started from Atlanta in the middle of November. He cut a wide swath of desolation through the South.
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