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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Dangol, 30, was one of the few people rescued from the almost wiped-out town of Betrawati, but he died of a lung infection in a Kathmandu hospital two days later.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
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 ● Apr. 21, 2023
More than 2,300 flights have been cancelled affecting 300,000 passengers, with air travel effectively wiped-out.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2023
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 ● Dec. 27, 2022
Reports from Nias spoke of wiped-out villages and hundreds of dead and missing people.
From Time Magazine Archive
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