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

Last October, a Waymo ran over and killed KitKat, beloved longtime denizen of Randa’s Market, a liquor store.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Jaida Parker then ran over Fatu with her car and signaled her allegiance to the 946.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of ran over

Verb

Not that Bieber needs much assistance, with dewy skin and softly flushed cheeks becoming central to the Rhode universe.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of flushed

Verb

Streets on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach were flooded with at least a foot of water during high tide, with the police department advising residents and motorists to avoid the area.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Hurricane Katrina in 2005 razed neighborhoods in Mississippi, flooded New Orleans and killed nearly 1,400 people.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of flooded

Verb

But that night, as the drinks flowed, Pattinson couldn’t help but riff on what an actor might do with the character.

— Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
The money allegedly flowed through a web of companies and bank accounts in Antigua, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and elsewhere.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of flowed

Verb

The collision on the narrow two-lane highway ignited a fire that engulfed the 17-passenger mid-sized commercial shuttle bus, which had a 50-year-old driver and five passengers onboard, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
At that point, the film pivots to a more surreal register, presenting bright, clear skies that are slowly, eerily engulfed in darkness.

— Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of engulfed

Verb

To avoid the pitfalls of apps like Tinder and Hinge—where women are vastly outnumbered by men and are therefore overwhelmed by choice while men receive very few matches—FirstDate uses a Nobel Prize-winning matching theory algorithm.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
The Gophers' defense overwhelmed Michigan's offense and quarterback Bryce Underwood Saturday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of overwhelmed

Verb

Kearns gushed in a 2015 interview that his dream creative collaboration would be directing a project written by his daughter that explored race.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
When the topic postgame shifted to the possibility of that being his last time taking the field with Happ, Swanson gushed about his impact, both on himself and the Cubs.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of gushed

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