backwashed
Reversed the current
Backwashed describes something that has been affected by backwash—water or liquid pushed backward.
A backwashed pool has had its filter cleaned by reversing water flow.
In surfing or boating, backwashed waves have rebounded off a shore or seawall.
Figuratively, something backwashed has been tainted by contact with someone's mouth: I'm not drinking that—it's backwashed.
Liquid transfer tube
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
- refluxBackward liquid movement
- backflowLiquid reversing course
- drainageLiquid removal system
filtration · hose · pump · flushing · rinse · circulation · sediment · debris
Contaminated, made impure
- pollutedMade impure by contaminants
- impureNot wholly clean
- fouledMade dirty or entangled
- dirtyNot clean
unclean · germs · saliva · double-dipping · unsanitary · gross · disgusting · spit
Sudden powerful increase
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- delugeSevere overflow of water
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
coastal · seawater · erosion · debris · aftermath · devastation · displacement · wreckage
siphon
Liquid transfer tube
drainage · filtration · hose · pump · flushing · rinse · circulation · sediment · debris · valve
tainted
Contaminated, made impure
dirty · unclean · germs · saliva · double-dipping · unsanitary · gross · disgusting · spit · mouthwash
surge
Sudden powerful increase
- floodingOverwhelming water accumulation
- inundationOverwhelming surge of water
- delugeSevere overflow of water
overflow · coastal · seawater · erosion · debris · aftermath · devastation · displacement · wreckage · recovery
backwasheddownstream
Along the current's path
outflowing · discharged · drained · flushed out · pumped out