WASHED (OVER) Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

washed (over)

verb

past tense of wash (over)

as in ran over

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Verb

Their teammates ran over the join them in a group hug, relieved to be back in the game.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
As the team bounced and gyrated, Infantino ran over and tried to move the president out of the frame.

— Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Definition of ran over

Verb

Peterson recovered and gathered with two hands, then went back to his right hand and flushed a forceful one-handed dunk over Baba Miller to give Utah an early 6-2 lead.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
Nutrients are flushed away over time during watering, so potted petunias should be fertilized every week with a liquid fertilizer.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 July 2026

Definition of flushed

Verb

Whether driven by admiration or nostalgia for his first spell, the club’s fans flooded the comments section welcoming back their hero.

— Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Chinese companies, including DeepSeek, have previously flooded the market with more affordable, open models that typically lag behind the most cutting-edge software from US rivals but nonetheless can undercut them on price.

— Michael Shepard, Fortune, 24 July 2026

Definition of flooded

Verb

And the quadrangular system of roads — state, county and township — and all that flowed from them are a historic institutional achievement that drove broader economic and social development.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026
In all the time since, the water flowed through that line under the many incarnations of the Sunset Strip, feeding smaller pipes that quenched a growing metropolis that expanded from about 500,000 people to 4 million.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Definition of flowed

Verb

From a military perspective though, this strike, and the infernos which have engulfed other Wildberries facilities, have some important lessons for the rest of the world.

— David Hambling, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
The blazes that engulfed the island ultimately killed over 100 people and burned thousands of acres, including more than 2,000 buildings in Lāhainā.

— Angus Chen, STAT, 22 July 2026

Definition of engulfed

Verb

The reopening of Sunset Boulevard this week following a trunk line break that inundated West Hollywood with 17 million gallons of water hit a setback on Wednesday when crews discovered another leak.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Five years later, Florida school boards are still inundated with requests to ban books.

— Trinity Webster-Bass, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Definition of inundated

Verb

In just two days after launch, Moonshot suspended new subscriptions after demand overwhelmed its computing capacity.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Penny had seen ads for his company, which specializes in working with senior citizens overwhelmed by the downsizing process and the prospect of clearing out and fixing up their houses to sell.

— Marni Jameson, Arkansas Online, 24 July 2026

Definition of overwhelmed

Verb

By the time Mari’s first pregnancy was announced, Duhamel gushed about how good of a big brother Axl would be.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 23 July 2026
When the trunk line ruptured early Thursday morning, millions of gallons of water gushed down Holloway Drive, inundating businesses and flooding underground parking garages.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of gushed

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