wipe out
Britishverb
-
(tr) to destroy completely; eradicate
-
informal (tr) to murder or kill
-
(intr) to fall or jump off a surfboard or skateboard
noun
-
an act or instance of wiping out
-
the interference of one radio signal by another so that reception is impossible
-
Destroy, as in The large chains are wiping out the independent bookstores . Originally put simply as wipe , the idiom acquired out in the first half of the 1800s.
-
Kill; also, murder. For example, The entire crew was wiped out in the plane crash , or The gangsters threatened to wipe him and his family out . [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
CoreWeave is able to eke out a small operating profit, but this gets wiped out by interest expense.
From Barron's
On Monday, over $200 billion of market capitalization was wiped out of software stocks as the market reacted to a hypothetical artificial-intelligence doomsday scenario.
From MarketWatch
The drop wiped out all gains from last week, when the stock jumped 7.2%.
From Barron's
If you purchased an investment for $100,000 and it is worth $500,000 when your son inherits it, the $400,000 increase in value is effectively wiped out in the eyes of the IRS.
From MarketWatch
He twice failed to serve out the opening set and saw a 3-0 lead in the second quickly wiped out.
From Barron's
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
