as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
he didn't get his gambling under control until he had already wiped out his entire life savings
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Recent Examples of wipe out
The Buckeyes benefited from a pair of penalties, including a face mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.
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Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2025
The Buckeyes benefitted from a pair of penalties, including a face-mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.
—Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Just as Hurricane Katrina wiped out Black communities in the Gulf Coast, Black people in Detroit are currently experiencing a hurricane with no water.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Outdoor Voices, once the toast of the category, faded into restructuring, wiping out its entire social media presence.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2025
The Buckeyes benefitted from a pair of penalties, including a face-mask call on Colin Simmons that wiped out an incomplete pass on third-and-4.
—Joe Reedy, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Just as Hurricane Katrina wiped out Black communities in the Gulf Coast, Black people in Detroit are currently experiencing a hurricane with no water.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Outdoor Voices, once the toast of the category, faded into restructuring, wiping out its entire social media presence.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipe out
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Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally.—
Dr. Patricia Richard,
Hartford Courant,
14 Apr. 2026
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Without widespread vaccine adherence, illnesses that were once eradicated can make a return.—
Sukhman Rekhi,
Verywell Health,
13 Apr. 2026
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The request by the Justice Department would go a step further and erase all the convictions for extremist group leaders, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who didn’t receive pardons last January.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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Adam Frazier and Logan O'Hoppe each hit a solo homer off Yankees starter Luis Gil to help the Angels erase an early 3-0 deficit.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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His platform includes defending science and abolishing ICE and the Electoral College.—
Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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Defunding police is as dumb as abolishing ICE.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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Similarly, corruption or physical damage might destroy a file’s header, which contains its identifying metadata, while leaving other parts of it untouched.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Jeep crashed into a concrete barrier after clipping the other car, destroying part of the barrier, Adams County Fire Rescue officials said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Wipe out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wipe%20out. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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