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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  • This event could generate up to five meteors per hour under a dark sky (for that, try a national park), but there is one hiccup: a bright, 79 percent full moon will wash out all but the most luminous shooting stars and fireballs.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Wooden support beams were placed along the bank, but were washed out.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of wash out
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  • This is all designed to undermine future competitions.
    Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
  • The big picture: Trump could try to undermine the press through some of those regulatory openings, but the U.S. court system has a strong track record of protecting First Amendment freedoms should a media firm fight back.
    Sara Fischer, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of undermine
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  • Together, all these reflect attempts to erode the public’s trust in elections.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 5 Nov. 2024
  • On the macro level, those price increases would also erode consumer spending.
    Annie Nova,Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of erode
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Thesaurus Entries Near wear (away)

wear and tear

wear (away)

wear down

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“Wear (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wear%20%28away%29. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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