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
This wave will wipe out the loud and reward the precise.
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Salman Khan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The attack that my parents helped coordinate, the tragic bombing that wiped out an entire Modified community . . .
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Charities take one of the largest hits in Levine Cava’s spending plan for 2026, which wipes out about $40 million in grant money for nonprofits, including arts groups, social-services organizations and food pantries.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
The new deal wiped out a looming player option and keeps Lugo in Kansas City for the long haul.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2025
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Salman Khan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The attack that my parents helped coordinate, the tragic bombing that wiped out an entire Modified community . . .
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Charities take one of the largest hits in Levine Cava’s spending plan for 2026, which wipes out about $40 million in grant money for nonprofits, including arts groups, social-services organizations and food pantries.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
The new deal wiped out a looming player option and keeps Lugo in Kansas City for the long haul.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipe out
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The species was largely eradicated in Connecticut because of habitat loss and over-trapping by the 1900’s.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
5 Aug. 2025
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Measles, once largely eradicated in the United States, has resurged in unvaccinated communities, with outbreaks reported in states surrounding Wisconsin.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
30 July 2025
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On Wednesday, following the reverse split, shares surged and more than erased their prior day losses.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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However, the Rangers erased the Yankees’ three-run lead in the bottom of the second, as former pinstriped prospects Josh Smith and Ezequiel Duran — traded for Joey Gallo in 2021 — had RBI knocks off Max Fried, with the latter tying the game.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
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Even after slavery was abolished, some families who sought to find their kin never did.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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New York state, where Gendron pleaded guilty to 15 state charges, including multiple counts of murder, abolished capital punishment in 2004.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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But when our home was destroyed, our studio lost, and the war displaced us to Khanyounis’s tent camps, cooking became less about flavor and more about survival.—
Hamada Shaqoura,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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There were 25 diesel buses that were destroyed per the grant regulations, Young said.—
Harley Walls,
Arkansas Online,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Wipe out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wipe%20out. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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