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as in tired
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
felt wiped out for several weeks after getting the flu
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as in drunk
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being under the influence of alcohol
thought that it'd be nice to attend a fraternity party in which everyone wasn't wiped out
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as in ripped
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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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as in eradicated
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 wiped out
Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
The evidence points to a warming climate, rather than human activity, as the final blow that wiped out the healthy population.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
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
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Adjective
That wiped out his entire summer slate of high school and AAU games.
—Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
The evidence points to a warming climate, rather than human activity, as the final blow that wiped out the healthy population.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Jan. 2026
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiped out
Adjective
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That includes fewer tired drivers on overnight routes, more predictable freight movement and potentially safer highways over time.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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The tired hosts will be delighted.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
14 Jan. 2026
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Reading Cassandra’s voice is like reading The Bell Jar’s Esther if Esther were drunk on brandy half the time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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As thousands of medical caregivers walked off the job Monday in what became the largest nurses’ strike in New York City history, officials at a major hospital accused the nurses’ union of making unreasonable demands — including protections for nurses who come to work drunk or high.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Also on display, in conversation with Noland’s work, are the ripped and twisted canvases of the late Steven Parrino, who died on New Year’s Day in 2005.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
4 Dec. 2025
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The shapes appeared on a piece of paper with a ripped corner.—
Christopher Schaberg,
The Conversation,
14 Nov. 2025
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When expressions are reduced or largely eradicated, communication is distorted.—
Valerie Monroe,
Allure,
15 Jan. 2026
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It was thought to have been eradicated in the 1960s, but re-emerged in the 1990s, and is now common.—
Tom Hawking,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2026
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This stellar remnant is a white dwarf, the exhausted stellar core left over when a star around the same mass as the sun runs out of the fuel for nuclear fusion and sheds its outer layers.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, an exhausted fan base watches on.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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The play saw the actors star as two strangers who have a drunken one-night stand after meeting at a wedding.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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Arizona is home to some of the nation's strictest laws on drunken driving.—
Shelby Slade,
AZCentral.com,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Never use your high-beam lights.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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The team had started the season on a losing streak, and tensions were high.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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What happens when these cues are greatly diminished or erased either by plastic surgery or other aesthetic interventions?—
Valerie Monroe,
Allure,
15 Jan. 2026
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But the movement to force women and girls to compete against transgender women forces females to ignore these differences and be erased.—
Nicole Russell,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Wiped out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiped%20out. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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