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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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A marine heatwave in 2024 wiped out an estimated 99.9 percent of the coral that built the remote Tuvalu islands.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Instead, its new age places it close to the Frasnian-Famennian mass extinction event, which occurred about 372 million years ago and wiped out a large proportion of marine life on Earth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The circuit court permanently wiped my conviction from my record, and the trial court dismissed the case for good.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

But missteps have seen hundreds of billions of dollars wiped off its stock market value as its share price tumbled by 75% over five years.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Grandpa Dodzi wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo