WIPING OUT Synonyms: 90 Similar and Opposite Words

wiping out

verb

present participle of wipe out

as in eradicating

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 wiping out Shares slumped 16% for a third straight session of losses, wiping out $400 billion in market cap on Monday alone. — Gail Krishnan, CNBC, 23 June 2026 The prospect of even a mini-Dust Bowl is alarming as the original disaster during the Great Depression sent dust clouds across rural America, wiping out entire communities and triggering mass migration to other parts of the country. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 June 2026 Dario Amodei, co-founder of Anthropic, has been outspoken about the risks of artificial intelligence wiping out half of all entry-level jobs and driving unemployment up by 20%. — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 In power since 1994, he has been accused of flagrant human rights violations against his critics, wiping out opposition and independent media. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 30 May 2026 The dot-com crash of 2000 nearly brought SoftBank to ruin, wiping out more than 90% of the company’s market value and reportedly reducing Son’s personal net worth by roughly $70 billion. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026 The existential risk of AI wiping out humans or enslaving us could be predicated on our laziness and lack of concern about small signs. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 The conquest of Canaan is cited to show that God approves of wiping out whole nations. — Kenneth Seeskin, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026 The nearly 50% surge could push the share of fuel costs to total operating expenses from just under a quarter to nearly a third, wiping out any expected profit margin. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiping out

Verb

The quest for 500 million flies The only way the US has succeeded in eradicating screwworm is by breeding millions of flies, sterilizing them using radiation and dropping them in areas with infestations.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2026
The brand also claims that this sweeps away plaque rather than just blasting a hole through it, more effectively eradicating the sludgy bacteria.

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of eradicating

Verb

Technically, the stock has made a round trip erasing all of its 2026 gains.

— Jay Woods, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026
The collective term lumped these women together, robbing them of individuality, and reducing them to merely decorative fixtures of Premier-league broadcasts while erasing their individual accomplishments.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of erasing

Verb

This July, the EU enacted one of their demands, abolishing the customs duty exemption below €150 and introducing a temporary €3 duty per item.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
Others, like abolishing the Senate and Supreme Court, are more controversial and used by Republicans to hammer DSA candidates as out of step with the American mainstream.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of abolishing

Verb

Sonil Jain, Co-founder of Sowtex and ReMaterial, noted that for a fabric exporter trading with Russia, Brazil, or the UAE, there were many possible benefits, including cheaper, faster B2B settlements without dollar-clearing fees destroying margins.

— Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Some put the chance of AI destroying everyone, everywhere, all at once at around 50%.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of destroying

Verb

For a few minutes at each end of that window, the moon’s edge will appear to align with that of the sun, blotting out the star’s fierce light and revealing the wispy corona off to one side.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2026
From up in the space shuttle, in 1983, astronaut Sally Ride could see the pollution blotting out her Los Angeles hometown.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026