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slang being under the influence of a recreational drug most of the club patrons were too wiped out to know or care what was happening

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wiped out

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verb

past tense of wipe out

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Recent Examples of wiped out
Adjective
That dominance continued into the postseason when the Jays wiped out the Yankees in a best-of-five AL Division Series in four games. Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Rémi Lecoutre, deputy head gardener at the Claude Monet House and Gardens museum, gave France 24 a tour, which revealed the nasturtiums to be completely wiped out; many other flowers appeared scorched or dead. News Desk, Artforum, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
That wiped out about $265 billion of its market value, which remains above $4 trillion. Steve Kopack, NBC news, 25 June 2026 Over about 60,000 years, 96 percent of Earth’s marine species and about three of every four land species were wiped out. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for wiped out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiped out
Adjective
  • His handicapping merited attention and newsletter sales, but Steele soon tired of tipping his own hand to the oddsmakers in Vegas.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • More and more young people are turning toward low- or no-tech lives, tired of the endless scroll most of us face for hours each day.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • In the post-Potter years, Radcliffe has spoken about turning to alcohol, describing how getting drunk publicly ultimately led him to pursue sobriety in 2010.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Last year, research from a watchdog group found that ChatGPT would tell 13-year-olds how to get drunk and high, instruct them on how to conceal eating disorders and even compose a heartbreaking suicide letter to their parents if asked.
    Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • This isn’t unusual for the agency; in April, USPS raised prices by 8% due to higher fuel costs.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning that applies to more than 1 million people in San Diego County, mostly across inland valleys, foothills and mountains where high temperatures will approach or exceed 95 to 114 degrees.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In 1979, the United States became the first country to declare polio eradicated following years of mass vaccinations; in subsequent decades, many other countries reported similar results.
    Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Now, there is a constant obsession over energy levels and management that has eradicated the previous ‘flat out’ approach to racing.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The offense was unproductive, the bullpen exhausted and starters gassed after several extra-inning games and three sticky games against the Cardinals.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Such weapons are proving increasingly difficult for Kyiv to shoot down, with supplies of US Patriot interceptors – one of the few systems capable of taking down ballistic missiles pretty much exhausted.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • But when a traumatic drunken night resurfaces, Júlía must confront shame, family responsibilities and the courage to tell her own story, reads the logline.
    Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
  • As powerful as Diamanda’s performance was, however, that specific reference later came to mean more to me on a drunken road trip through Kosovo with a Serb nationalist.
    Matt Thompson, SPIN, 21 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • During a search, officers discovered a loaded handgun in the employee's bag.
    Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In practical terms, the study suggests a preference for agentic AI to simplify drudge work and logistics, such as narrowing choices or suggesting better options, rather than taking full control of emotionally loaded or high-complexity decisions.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The line between a pocket camera and a drone keeps getting blurrier, and HoverAir has just about erased it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Amid Issues That message is significant because Sanchez’s defensive problems clearly have not erased his value to the Blue Jays.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Wiped out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiped%20out. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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