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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Land and infrastructure critical to food production, including tree crops like olive groves and fruit orchards, and fields for growing vegetables, have been virtually wiped out. Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025 However, it was wiped out after linebacker Marist Liufau didn’t get off the field in time, so the Cowboys were penalized for too many men on the field. Jon MacHota, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 Mexico built a hydroelectric dam, where these golden barrel cactuses live and in an instant their environment was destroyed and this species was almost wiped out. Eyder Peralta, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025 Survival Amid the Ashes Human populations living in close proximity to the Toba volcano were probably completely wiped out. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 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 7 Oct. 2025.

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