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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In July, floodwaters ripped through the city and wiped out the Cow Creek Bridge, which connected Lago Vista to Marble Falls. CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025 Entire families were wiped out before our eyes. Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 16 Nov. 2025 Everything that has apparently defined the existential experience of humanity has been wiped out in a few days, and if Carol and her new compatriots can’t undo what’s happened, all of humankind is done for. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 While bird flu has only wiped out 1 percent of the country’s annual turkey harvest in the past few months, people may worry about how the pathogen could affect Thanksgiving plans and prices. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 13 Nov. 2025 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 Nov. 2025.

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