wiped-out
Americanadjective
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completely exhausted.
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intoxicated; high.
Etymology
Origin of wiped-out
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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Out in the rest of the world, A.I. is triggering nerves — fears and even predictions of wiped-out jobs, of existential doom — and endless commentary.
From New York Times
Credit Suisse Group AG bondholders, representing $4.5 billion of the $17 billion of wiped-out Additional Tier 1 bonds of the company, have filed a lawsuit against Switzerland's banking regulator, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
From Reuters
More than 2,300 flights have been cancelled affecting 300,000 passengers, with air travel effectively wiped-out.
From BBC
Yet somehow, in a wiped-out corner of Normandy, horror and sympathy fused into the existentialism of “Waiting for Godot” and, later, culminated in the black optimism of “Happy Days.”
From New York Times
The idea was eruptions and impact together may have wiped-out the dinosaurs along with nearly 70 percent of species in a mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period.
From Scientific American
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