as in eradicates
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 wipes out
Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI wipes out humans.
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Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
That timeline could shrink if a massive fraud wipes out public confidence in the Internet.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
And the Netgear Orbi 770 Wi-Fi 7 mesh system, now $200 cheaper, wipes out dead zones across 8,000 square feet with blazing speeds and easy setup.
—PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
That timeline could shrink if a massive fraud wipes out public confidence in the Internet.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
And the Netgear Orbi 770 Wi-Fi 7 mesh system, now $200 cheaper, wipes out dead zones across 8,000 square feet with blazing speeds and easy setup.
—PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipes out
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Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
1 Sep. 2025
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Undue’s bulk purchase of debt affords them a substantial discount, so every donor dollar erases around $100 in debt.—
Heather Bushman,
IndyStar,
10 Oct. 2025
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Whereas Jonathan Greenard is a game-wrecker against the run and pass, and Van Ginkel erases most screens and outlet passes to the perimeter, Turner isn’t that type of guy right now.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
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The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Aug. 2025
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Once in place, the device releases liquid nitrogen, reaching temperatures as low as –170°C to form an ice ball that destroys the tumor cells.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Oct. 2025
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These newly aware companies’ high-speed trading of financial projects destroys the Earth itself, forcing humans to flee to the margins of the solar system.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Sep. 2025
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