wiped out

adjective

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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Israel wiped out entire cities with nothing left but an abundance of rubble mixed with thousands of corpses stuck underneath. Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025 In our country, entire communities are being wiped out, families displaced. NPR, 8 Nov. 2025 This revealed that planets are much less likely to be found orbiting close to a red giant star, implying that many planets get wiped out when their stars undergo the transformation into a red giant. Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025 Much of Fatem’s extended family had already been wiped out, and she had been repeatedly displaced. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wiped out

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 18 Nov. 2025.

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