wiped-out

[ wahypt-out ]

adjectiveSlang.

Origin of wiped-out

First recorded in 1960–65

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The folk memory of medieval community life had been wiped out by the industrial revolution.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas | Clive Irving | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Schmidt had arrived in California after his family had been wiped out by tuberculosis in his home state of Rhode Island.
The Mole Man’s Tunnel to Nowhere | Nina Strochlic | November 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
As the deadly virus swept through the region, entire families of farmers and harvesters were wiped out.
Liberia’s Ebola Famine | Abby Haglage, Nina Strochlic | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
For the uninitiated, the film is set on a future Earth whose crops (save corn) have been wiped out by a mysterious blight.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Breaks Down ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Time Dilations, and Massive Waves | Marlow Stern | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
If the international community does not stand up, we will be wiped out.
Why New York’s Ebola Case Will Hurt Infected Patients Everywhere | Abby Haglage | October 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

There were machine guns here which wiped out the landing parties whenever they tried to get ashore North of the present line.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
The fleet cannot see itself wiped out by degrees; and yet, without the fleet, how are we soldiers to exist?
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
A wavering red line licked its way to the canyon-edge on the east side, wiped out the grass, and died on the bald rim-rock.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
At dawn half a battalion of Turks tried to make the attack along the top of the cliff and were entirely wiped out.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton
Another, later, enemy effort against the right of the 29th Division was clean wiped out.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian Hamilton

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