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backwash

Divide backwash into syllables:

back · wash

How to pronounce backwash:

Synonyms for backwash:

aftereffect
aftermath
airstream
child
consequence
corollary
development
effect
fate
fruit
implication
issue
matter of course
outcome
outgrowth
path
precipitate
product
race
result
resultant
sequel
sequence
slipstream
track
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Antonyms for backwash:

antecedent
anticlimax
beginning
causality
causation
cause
commencement
determinant
disadvantage
excuse
exterior
exteriority
factor
foundation
handicap
hindrance
ingrowth
initiation
introduction
loss
occasion
opening
origin
original
outside
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