WASHED (OVER) Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

washed (over)

verb

past tense of wash (over)

as in ran over

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receded

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Verb

The interview, which ran over an hour long, garnered more than a million views on the Uncensored YouTube channel, and hundreds of millions more impressions across TikTok, Instagram, X and other platforms where clips appeared.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026
Gallardo then drove to the location, ran over the man with his vehicle, and eventually shot the man following an argument.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of ran over

Verb

The third call is for an amethyst necklace that got flushed down a toilet.

— Alice Burton, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026
The helter-skelter approach to data center construction has resulted in significant amounts of money getting flushed down the toilet in unworkable projects – collateral damage from massive competition to be first and biggest.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of flushed

Verb

When the continents sank in the Cambrian, seas flooded in and buried the eroded surface.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
That group and other environmental organizations have also argued the chunk of the Sacramento Valley that could soon be flooded is composed of rich oak woodland habitat occupied by an untold number of wildlife species.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of flooded

Verb

Historic flooding inundated homes and businesses in North Georgia and southern Tennessee, leading to dozens of water rescues and evacuations.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2026
Brevard County canceled schools Monday and Tuesday, and several roads were closed for part of the day as heavy rains inundated large swathes of the county.

— Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of inundated

Verb

Peru, a nation of 34 million people, is overwhelmed by challenges, among them the looming arrival of nature’s chaotic climatic agent of El Niño, violent crime and income inequality.

— Luis Andres Henao, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
The providers who have stayed have been overwhelmed by vets’ needs — a dynamic that employees say is playing out in VA hospitals across the country.

— Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of overwhelmed

Verb

The model’s daughter Leni gushed about her mom’s detailed costume, pointing out the accuracy of the ring stack.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 2 Nov. 2026
On the state’s side, a team of consultants took the lead, displaying a report with evidence that tied Citation’s injection to the wastewater that gushed to the surface in the Bayou.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of gushed

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