wash away
phrasal verb
washed away; washing away; washes away
1
: to carry (something) away by the movement of water
The bridge was washed away by flooding last year.
2
: to get rid of (something, such as unhappy or unpleasant thoughts) completely
Take a vacation to wash away your troubles.
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Hundreds of people remain missing – likely washed away in rapid torrents of floodwater or buried beneath thick mud and debris.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
Another caller told a dispatcher a house had washed away.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The disappointment of this season — and there ought to be plenty — is not nearly enough to wash away the 2022 Big 12 championship, the school’s first in a decade and its first absent Snyder since 1934.
—Sam McDowell 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
At least two homes were washed away in the swell, the debris of which was still visible, while a third house was also damaged.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 3 Dec. 2025
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
Another caller told a dispatcher a house had washed away.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
The disappointment of this season — and there ought to be plenty — is not nearly enough to wash away the 2022 Big 12 championship, the school’s first in a decade and its first absent Snyder since 1934.
—Sam McDowell 3, Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
At least two homes were washed away in the swell, the debris of which was still visible, while a third house was also damaged.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wash away
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“Wash away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wash%20away. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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