Earwax is normally expelled; it falls out of the ear or gets washed away.
could you mind telling about structure of above sentence , especially on "washed" ?
and can I say: Earwax is normally expelled; it falls out of the ear or gets away by washing.

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Earwax is normally expelled; it falls out of the ear or gets washed away.
could you mind telling about structure of above sentence , especially on "washed" ? 
and can I say:  Earwax is normally expelled; it falls out of the ear or gets  away by washing.

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"Gets away by washing" does not sound natural. Your original sentence is much better. The verb "get" is a multi-purpose verb that is used in many different ways. In this example it could be replaced by "is".

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I would say ear wax normally either falls out or people pick it! Expelled is possible but a little too formal for this particular situation.

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