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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
John soon deduces that this is Anton’s (Paul Ben-Victor) planet, the one that had been systematically that wiped out by the Manhunter. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026 When the catastrophe wiped out their massive non-avian relatives, the bird lineages that survived were positioned to take advantage of newly vacant ecological niches. — Kevin Brown, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 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
  • Billed as an immersive matchmaking experience and a new take on the dating show, the format features singletons who are tired of swiping and first dates and are ready to get hitched.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Valadao, meanwhile, cast himself as an experienced policymaker who delivers for the region and dismissed the criticism as the political bickering voters are tired of.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Patel also directed Wilkins’ security detail to escort one of her allegedly drunk friends home after a night out in Nashville, MS Now reported in December 2025.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • There were half-drunk espresso martinis on nearly every surface after Heather Dubrow tried to drink the bartender out of coffee.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Korean star Han Ji-min accepted The Hollywood Reporter’s Trailblazer Award at a glitzy gala high above Busan on Wednesday night, promising that her creative journey was only just beginning.
    — Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • That is a level higher than on other subjects such as fertility, at 54 percent, and menopause, at 48 percent.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The team has eradicated every invasive casuarina pine, the Australian import whose needles poison the native plants beneath it, along with invasive sea grapes that chew up the dunes.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Screwworm had been considered eradicated from the US, Mexico and most of Central America decades ago.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • This is an important practical issue because nighttime feedings happen when parents are understandably exhausted.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers now think the answer is not more stimulation, but a chance to reset exhausted fibroblasts.
    — Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Afterward, when the women go to take a group photo, a drunken Luann pushes her way to the front, and Gizelle finally confronts her.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
  • He’d been sent to prison in 2009 after multiple drunken driving offenses.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Prosecutors alleged that Exton walked into the restaurant with a loaded firearm, pointed it at the victim, and attempted to fire the weapon, according to an arrest warrant obtained by PEOPLE.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2026
  • ChatGPT also offers pre-loaded data from Daloopa, PitchBook, Crunchbase, and LSEG News, as well as around 50 total connectors through MCP, an open-source protocol that allows AI models to connect to other software and data sources.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But in foster care in South Carolina, that autism diagnosis got erased.
    — Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
  • First among this unsung cohort are the women of the march, who have been all but erased from the record.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

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“Wiped out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiped%20out. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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