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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

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wiped out
Adjective
One encounter with a red-eyed Pikachu on the roof of a building quickly wiped out my whole crew; the only option being to leap off into the alleyway below. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025 Prices fell, demand vanished and overextended builders, as well as the lenders who backed them, were wiped out. Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
Its entire lower level, where the kitchen is located, is completely wiped out. Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025 The start of this season saw the group turn into a liability, forcing the bullpen into the largest workload in the sport while being wiped out due to injuries. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wiped out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiped out
Adjective
  • More pertinently, if Iroegbunam or Gueye tired or did not screen passes correctly (shown below), Rogers and Emiliano Buendia had huge spaces to receive and turn, owing to Everton’s deep centre-backs refusing to step out.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • If tired, float or tread water until out of the rip current.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tsukahara was in the back of a Cybertruck when the driver who was drunk and had taken drugs smashed into a tree in a suburb of San Francisco, according to the suit.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
  • However, Joe proceeded to get blackout drunk at the pool party with the other couples, went back to nap in their room, and told Madison not to come with him.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In the footage, also obtained by PEOPLE, Tarek can be seen wearing a ripped shirt as he's questioned by an officer in a small room with his elderly dad.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • When at ports, the crew does everything from deck tours and day sails to maintenance, such as fixing a stove, sewing a ripped sail or doing laundry.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • FellinAI‘s first feature, The Sweet Idleness, imagines a world in which machines have eradicated 99% of jobs, leaving humans to a life of leisure.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That misconception must be eradicated from our society.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Or perhaps its author was just exhausted, which would be entirely understandable.
    Liz Schubauer, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • So, yeah, when all was said and done, Jones was exhausted.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • They get wasted at a party and engage in a drunken brawl.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Naturally, no shortage of love triangles, drunken decisions, and roommate squabbles ensue — common comedy tropes that get turned on their heads by Waller-Bridge’s trademark offbeat, razor-sharp comedic instincts.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Campbell was serving a 24-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter with an enhancement for committing a violent felony causing great bodily injury while in a street gang and carrying a loaded firearm in public.
    Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Detectives searched the family’s home on June 20 and found Everton Thomas armed with a loaded firearm, as well as bloodstains in the house, the prosecutor’s office said.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Mariners erased an 8-1 Toronto lead in Game 2 to complete a sweep, celebrating the comeback by locking arms around the pitcher’s mound.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • What’s being erased are actual historical facts.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Wiped out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiped%20out. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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