wiped out

adjective

Synonyms of wiped outnext
1
slang : intoxicated, high
2
: extremely tired : exhausted

Examples of wiped out in a Sentence

I am completely wiped out. felt wiped out for several weeks after getting the flu
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Proctor made another 41 appearances for the Dodgers in 2008 but needed Tommy John surgery that wiped out his 2009 season. Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 During the Combined Resolve military exercise held in Germany this year, Ukrainian drone operators wiped out an entire brigade of US Army tanks and armored vehicles. Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026 This water mold wiped out native white-clawed crayfish and stripped lakebeds of underwater vegetation, according to Diario AS. Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 18 Aug. 2026 Exceptionally heavy rainfall, over 43 inches of it in the Big Island’s mountains, set off landslides and flash floods that wiped out roads on the island. Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wiped out

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wiped out was in 1965

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“Wiped out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiped%20out. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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