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Exact Match:

wash out

lose color in the process of being washed; "The expensive shirt washed out in the German washing machine"

drain off the color in the course of laundering; "The harsh soap washed out the delicate blouse"

deplete of strength or vitality; "The illness washed her out"

wash free from unwanted substances, such as dirt; "Wash out your dirty shirt in the sink"

wear or destroy by the force of water; "The hail storms had washed out the bridges"

Synonyms:

• achromatize,
• baptize,
• bath,
• bathe,
• blanch,
• bleach,
• bust,
• cashier,
• cast,
• decolor,
• decolorize,
• dim,
• discolor,
• douche,
• drain,
• drain of color,
• dull,
• etiolate,
• fade,
• fail,
• flummox,
• flunk,
• flunk out,
• flush,
• flush out,
• fume,
• gargle,
• holystone,
• irrigate,
• jettison,
• junk,
• lather,
• launder,
• lave,
• mop,
• mop up,
• pale,
• peroxide,
• reject,
• rinse,
• rinse out,
• ritually immerse,
• scour,
• scrap,
• scrub,
• scrub up,
• shampoo,
• shed,
• shower,
• slough,
• sluice,
• sluice out,
• soap,
• sponge,
• swab,
• syringe,
• tarnish,
• throw away,
• toivel,
• tone down,
• tub,
• wash,
• wash up,
• whiten