as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
he didn't get his gambling under control until he had already wiped out his entire life savings
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Recent Examples of wipe out
Pépé, who plays for the Spanish club Villarreal, wiped out all the suspense early, scoring in just the seventh minute and the lead held the rest of the game in front of an enthusiastic crowd that made Les Éléphants feel at home.
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Dan Gelston,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Pépé, who plays for the Spanish club Villarreal, wiped out all the suspense in this one early, scoring in just the seventh minute and the lead held the rest of the game in front of an enthusiastic crowd that made Les Éléphants feel at home.
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CBS News,
25 June 2026
That wiped out about $265 billion of its market value, which remains above $4 trillion.
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Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Industries leaders warn that AI could wipe out entire categories of human jobs — and customer service agents have frequently topped the list, indicating there’s plenty more frustration still to come.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
25 June 2026
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Dan Gelston,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2026
Pépé, who plays for the Spanish club Villarreal, wiped out all the suspense in this one early, scoring in just the seventh minute and the lead held the rest of the game in front of an enthusiastic crowd that made Les Éléphants feel at home.
—
CBS News,
25 June 2026
That wiped out about $265 billion of its market value, which remains above $4 trillion.
—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Industries leaders warn that AI could wipe out entire categories of human jobs — and customer service agents have frequently topped the list, indicating there’s plenty more frustration still to come.
—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for wipe out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipe out
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Incomplete or inappropriate antibiotic courses amplify this effect by exposing bacteria to sub-therapeutic drug concentrations without eradicating them.
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Building new sterile fly production facilities in the Southwest helped eradicate the flies in that region too, and by 1966, the US was declared officially screwworm-free.
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By the time the boundary issues were partially corrected in the 1960s, both the cemetery and the surrounding Black community had been largely erased from public memory.
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Still, state environmental officials and weather experts say the rainfall deficits dating back to last fall have not been completely erased.
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Avila Chevalier survived a deluge of attacks for previous social media posts that called for abolishing the police and prisons.
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Earlier this month, the bloc also released more information about its own plans for abolishing its de minimis exemption on June 30.
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National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez, the brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez, said on Sunday that more than 12,000 people have been displaced by the earthquakes and 774 buildings have been damaged or destroyed, including hospitals.
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There's nothing more quintessential to being a kid than playing Little League baseball, but on July Fourth, 2025, along with so much more, the Little League fields of Hill Country were destroyed, along with the innocence of thousands of kids who live here.
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“Wipe out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wipe%20out. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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