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wiped

  • a variation of wiped-out.
    wiped-out
    adjective
    completely exhausted.
  • past participle
    of wipe.
    wipe
    verb (used with object)
    to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of.
  • past tense form
    of wipe.
    wipe
    verb (used with object)
    to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of.

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Gartshore appeared via videolink at the 25-minute hearing, during which she sobbed and wiped away tears.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The stock quadrupled in value before most of those gains were wiped out, leaving his investment, now worth about 300 million won, at roughly half the value of its peak.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

And another that she lived through as a child: the 1985 eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, which wiped out an entire town called Armero and left 25,000 dead.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

Thoma Bravo and its investors lost about $5 billion when their equity position was wiped out with the takeover.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

He took out a waterproof plastic bag with paper towels in it, wiped the sat phone down as best as he could, then put it in the plastic bag.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith