WORE (AWAY) Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

wore (away)

verb

Definition of wore (away)

past tense of wear (away)

as in washed out

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Verb

Roads washed out, driving thousands of people from their homes.

— Adam Burke, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
Around Pagosa Springs, floodwaters have washed out roads and left residents isolated.

— Brian Maass, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of washed out

Verb

The protagonist, Michael, whose Chinese identity has been eroded by successive generations, is desperately curious about Kun’s dad.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026
Trust in judicial institutions has been eroded both by political conflicts around the courts and the daily inefficiencies of an overburdened judiciary.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of eroded

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The court earlier said that the judge decided against an open trial to ensure that national security interests wouldn’t be undermined.

— Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Yet their efforts are undermined by the very German institutions meant to support them.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of undermined

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Since the reality star hired stylist Law Roach earlier this year, the pair have scoured archives from Tom Ford’s Yves Saint Laurent to Cristóbal’s Balenciaga.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026
Over the next several hours, the agents scoured each room of Omar’s home, taking with them seventeen items, including her phones, a daughter’s old cellphone, and her husband’s camera, as well as a Somali-language phrase book.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of scoured

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The restoration team replaced the building’s roof and windows, which had deteriorated over years of neglect.

— Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
The dominance of drone warfare in this conflict makes aboveground travel extremely dangerous, and services and supplies have deteriorated sharply since May.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of deteriorated

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The Times also found that the towers had no visible shear walls, and that the uniform orientation of their columns weakened these high-rises against seismic forces.

— Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2026
Once a symbol of superlative government competence, the nation’s weakened federal space agency has largely outsourced its extraterrestrial ambitions to the private sector.

— Peter Jamison, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026

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