LEACHED Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

leached

verb

past tense of leach

as in percolated

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as in flushed

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Why Chelsea ceded so much possession to Brighton is more complex — and an issue that has percolated beneath the surface for most of the BlueCo era.

— Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Efforts to ban members of Congress from owning or trading individual stock have percolated for years, but have repeatedly fallen short.

— Luke Fountain,Justin Papp, CNBC, 3 July 2026

Definition of percolated

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After two straight incompletions, Nichols was flushed from the pocket on third down and was stripped of the ball by Harding's Kaleb Walker.

— Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
On a fourth-and-3 conversion attempt, Young was flushed from the pocket but couldn’t elude Browns pass rusher Mason Graham, who collected him for a sack.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of flushed

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Every Washington Nationals player filtered into the news conference room at Nationals Park on Friday afternoon, taking their seats among Cade Cavalli’s family, team ownership and staff members.

— Danielle Allentuck, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2026
The fish release ammonia through waste, which is filtered to remove solids, and what’s left is nitrates that are pumped into the pond, where the plants absorb them and grow.

— Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of filtered

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Fleck cleaned himself up, but had remnants of blood stains on his right white sleeve during postgame.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
The bathroom on the third floor wasn’t getting cleaned because the cleaning supplies were distributed across the basement, first, and second floors.

— Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of cleaned

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Since 2022, according to data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the party has formally purged three dozen generals and lieutenant generals, and many more are conspicuously missing.

— ANDREW MERTHA, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
The top 10 percent of the entire military chain of command has been purged.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of purged

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The new reposado was made from agave pinas that were cooked in a combination of autoclaves and brick ovens before being double-distilled in copper and stainless-steel stills.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2026
The vapors that had risen from warm bodies in the pews would have carried syllables mixed with candle-soot, distilled as condensation on the chapel windows.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of distilled

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