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n. - Someone who is unsuccessful; The process of soil erosion by water (as from a roadway); The channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water.

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  • It was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road
  • From the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water
  • Noun : air force washouts
  • The bridge washout is not an unusual happening in that part of Sonora during heavy rains - they are used to dealing with it.
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