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washout

noun as in failure

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noun as in result of rain

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The weekend won’t be a washout, but we’ll run a chance for showers and storms both days.

His second was a washout because of the coronavirus pandemic.

On Wednesday's Late Show With David Letterman, Tom Brokaw dismissed Snowden as "a high school dropout who is a military washout."

When the washout bowl was introduced it was considered perfection.

He hurried down the track west of a curve which was a few hundred feet beyond the washout, and saw the train coming at full speed.

One day as they lay in a washout, Wolf-Voice pointed to columns of dust far to the south.

Right here there was a small washout in 84 the road, and Bob overlooked it.

It was a mile or more to the washout in the road, but the excitement made him keen for the test.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to washout, such as: disaster, fiasco, and flop.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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