wipe out

British  

verb

1. (tr) to destroy completely; eradicate

2. informal  (tr) to murder or kill

3. (intr) to fall or jump off a surfboard or skateboard

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noun

1. an act or instance of wiping out

2. the interference of one radio signal by another so that reception is impossible

wipe out Idioms  

1. 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.

2. 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]

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Example Sentences

The asteroid which wiped out the dinosaurs on Earth was 100 million megatons and during the Sun's maximum activity cycle, he says, we could see CMEs with energy content equal to even more than that.

From BBC

“If you are betting — trading, whatever you want to call it — on a levered product and you get wiped out, make sure it’s not going to ruin your life,” Sohn said.

From MarketWatch

Work in Google Docs, Google Workspace, Google Photos and other Google products will also be wiped out, as will any videos that an affected user has uploaded to YouTube.

From New York Times

Opponents say the bill would wipe out mandated water breaks for construction workers in some cities and water-use restrictions during droughts.

From Salon

The country's four largest lenders said this month they would redirect capital and staff to the business banking sector after competition for mortgages wiped out the margin benefits they typically get when interest rates rise.

From Reuters

Related Words

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• kill
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