Wipe out Definition & Meaning

Examples of wipeout in a Sentence

Noun The surfer had a nasty wipeout. Verb he didn't get his gambling under control until he had already wiped out his entire life savings

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Cryptocurrency values remained unsteady Tuesday in the aftermath of a multi-day wipeout that saw hundreds of billions of dollars in global crypto market cap disappear. — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 14 June 2022 Hope springs eternal, especially among politicians facing an electoral wipeout. — Karl Rove, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022 In an ensuing electoral wipeout in the 2020 parliamentary election, Mr. Wickremesinghe lost his local seat. — Philip Wen, WSJ, 20 July 2022 Analysts have likened the wipeout of the Sri Lankan economy to the financial chaos of the late 1990s in Southeast Asia’s major economies. — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 July 2022 The overall cryptocurrency market experienced a roughly $2 trillion valuation wipeout between November of last year and early June, Bloomberg reported. — Cameron Sperance, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2022 In February, after a dismal financial report, Meta’s stock plummeted 26 percent and its market value plunged more than $230 billion in what was the company’s biggest one-day wipeout. — New York Times, 1 July 2022 In fact, Coinglass data shows that June 13 saw over $600 million in liquidations, the biggest daily wipeout since March. — Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 22 June 2022 The recent rout in equities has led to a wipeout of $17 billion (1.32 lakh crore rupees) in the company’s market value. — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 14 June 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb These fires can undo years of progress and wipe out entire populations of fish. — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2022 Rocks in that size range - and Dimorphos is one of them - could wipe out a major city with a direct hit. — Joel Achenbach, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Sep. 2022 Proteins formed by the body itself gather in the brain and wipe out brain cells. — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 16 Aug. 2022 Doing so would cost the government $373 billion, according to a Brookings Institution estimate, and wipe out the $300 billion in putative budget savings from the Schumer-Manchin deal. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022 Be sure to take the bag out and wipe out any loose debris. — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2022 Transfer mixture to a large bowl and wipe out the bowl of the food processor. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2022 What kind of civilization sets that up, so one person can wipe out everyone and take the entire planet down? — WIRED, 8 Sep. 2022 There are assertions that sentience AI will unequivocally wipe out all of humankind. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 See More

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