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(chiefly Australia) The washing away of earth, a road, structure etc. by flood, or the channel caused by this..
The first report of damage was received at 5.45 a.m. on Monday, July 30, when there was a slight washaway of the bank on the down side of the line two miles north of Daviot station, and subsequently further damage was reported between Inverness and Daviot. Shortly afterwards, a washaway occurred on the line between Dunphail and Dava, and this route was closed to all traffic from 10.30 a.m. until 3.30 p.m.
It was the giddy sight down the gullies below the twisting road which had been formed and re-formed from years of washaways, and now hung like fish gills, out over edges of the limestone substrata.
Use wash away when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wash away means (chiefly Australia) The washing away of earth, a road, structure etc. by flood, or the channel caused by this..
Common synonyms include washout.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The first report of damage was received at 5.45 a.m. on Monday, July 30, when there was a slight washaway of the bank on the down side of the line two miles north of Daviot station, and subsequently further damage was reported between Inverness and Daviot. Shortly afterwards, a washaway occurred on the line between Dunphail and Dava, and this route was closed to all traffic from 10.30 a.m. until 3.30 p.m.
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