wear (away)

verb

Definition of wear (away)next
as in to wash out

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  1. wash out
  2. undermine
  3. erode
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  • At least two people were killed and one person remains unaccounted for after flash flooding washed out footbridges and campgrounds on the canyon floor.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026
  • And in Laguna Beach, back-to-back storms have eroded the sand so much that a lifeguard station was tied to the shore to make sure it wouldn’t be washed out to sea.
    — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
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  • In the air war, the Houthis have taken aim at Saudi Arabia's oil facilities near its border with Yemen, accusing the Saudis of arming Yemeni government forces as a way of undermining Yemen's sovereignty.
    — Guy Davies, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Poor change management, configuration drift and unmanaged systems quietly undermine cybersecurity.
    — Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of undermine
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  • While lenders initially benefit from higher income, boosting investment returns, that advantage can be eroded if weaker companies struggle to service their debt.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Though liberal institutions survived formally, the social and economic settlement that sustained them had begun to erode.
    — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
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“Wear (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wear%20%28away%29. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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