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
The prospect of even a mini-Dust Bowl is alarming as the original disaster during the Great Depression sent dust clouds across rural America, wiping out entire communities and triggering mass migration to other parts of the country.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
The Boston Globe reports that visiting Scottish fans completely wiped out the city's liquor stores.
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Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 June 2026
While developers deployed an emergency hard fork by June 3 to patch the code, the financial damage was immediate, wiping out nearly 50% of ZEC's market value.
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Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
But investors are Elon Musk’s rocket company soon started asking some tough questions, with shares falling into steady decline this week, wiping out most of those initial gains.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
18 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for wipe out
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
The Boston Globe reports that visiting Scottish fans completely wiped out the city's liquor stores.
—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 June 2026
While developers deployed an emergency hard fork by June 3 to patch the code, the financial damage was immediate, wiping out nearly 50% of ZEC's market value.
—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
But investors are Elon Musk’s rocket company soon started asking some tough questions, with shares falling into steady decline this week, wiping out most of those initial gains.
—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
18 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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Both victims died in separate mobile homes that were destroyed about two to three miles apart, Bullard said.
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If Iran’s atomic weapons infrastructure was destroyed in this war, funneling hundreds of billions into the country can’t be used to rebuild it.
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