wash something away

"Nothing but sit around and see our people washed away by the water."

Two and a half years washed away in 15 words.

The old order is about to be washed away, I tell you.

By morning, perhaps the whole world would have been washed away.

The road was opened in 1828, but had nearly washed away by 1848.

In the 13th century much of the town was washed away by the sea.

If so, they have been washed away by the sea.

Part of the site has been washed away by the sea.

Both her parents have it, their lives being washed away.

I started to ask if something was wrong, then the pain just washed away.