worn (away)

verb

Definition of worn (away)next
past participle of wear (away)
as in washed out

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  1. washed out
  2. eroded
  3. undermined
  4. deteriorated
  5. weakened
  6. scoured
  7. impaired
  8. enfeebled
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 Colorado Department of Transportation also reported substantial flood damage to highways in the region, with sections of roadway undermined by floodwaters.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Murdoch’s comments about tough comparisons to 2025 are undermined by October ratings, which came out last week.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of undermined
Verb
  • 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
Definition of weakened
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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
Verb
  • Casa Brera has accommodations for the hearing impaired and wheelchair accessible showers.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But if the mitochondrial circuits are impaired or if there are simply more electrons from food pouring into the system than the mitochondria can handle, the flow can get bogged down.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of impaired
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  • The costs of maintaining an enormous Cold War army and navy enfeebled an already unstable Soviet economy.
    — Gregory A. Daddis, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2022
Definition of enfeebled
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