wash out

wash out
Synonyms and related words:
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

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