wipe out
[verb]
Synonyms: destroy, annihilate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, massacre, obliterate

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wipe out phrasal verb (see also wipe)

1. wipe something ↔ out to destroy, remove, or get rid of something completely:
Whole villages were wiped out by the floods.
Nothing could wipe out his bitter memories of the past.

2. wipe somebody ↔ out informal to make you feel extremely tired:
The heat had wiped us out. ⇒ wiped out

3. American English to fall or hit another object when driving a car, riding a bicycle etc

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wipe out
wipe out (someone/something)
1.
to destroy someone or something.
We were ordered to wipe out a small enemy force hiding in the village.

The floods wiped whole villages out.

2.
to cause someone to lose or spend all their money.
My neighbor was totally wiped out by the last recession.

A night out with Paul and Michelle just about wiped us out.

to have a very serious accident.
Jim wiped out on the ice and broke his leg.

He was driving crazily and wiped out on a curve.

Usage notes: usually someone wipes out because they are going too fast

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wipe out something
wipe out (someone/something)
1.
to destroy someone or something.
We were ordered to wipe out a small enemy force hiding in the village.

The floods wiped whole villages out.

2.
to cause someone to lose or spend all their money.
My neighbor was totally wiped out by the last recession.

A night out with Paul and Michelle just about wiped us out.

to have a very serious accident.
Jim wiped out on the ice and broke his leg.

He was driving crazily and wiped out on a curve.

Usage notes: usually someone wipes out because they are going too fast

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wipe out
remove, kill or destroy completely
The city spends a lot of money every year trying to wipe out the rats near the river.

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wipe-out
a disaster, a calamity
My exams were a total wipe-out. I think that I failed all of them.

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wipe out
v.
1. To remove or erase by wiping or rubbing.
The teacher wiped out with an eraser what she had written on the board.
Compare: RUB OUT.
2. informal To remove, kill, or destroy completely.
The earthquake wiped out the town.
Doctors are searching for a cure that will wipe out cancer.
The Indians wiped out the soldiers who were sent to stop their attacks.
Compare: RUB OUT, STAMP OUT.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

wipe out someone
wipe out (someone/something)
1.
to destroy someone or something.
We were ordered to wipe out a small enemy force hiding in the village.

The floods wiped whole villages out.

2.
to cause someone to lose or spend all their money.
My neighbor was totally wiped out by the last recession.

A night out with Paul and Michelle just about wiped us out.

to have a very serious accident.
Jim wiped out on the ice and broke his leg.

He was driving crazily and wiped out on a curve.

Usage notes: usually someone wipes out because they are going too fast

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