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

This oral therapy marks a major step toward eradicating cardiovascular disease.

— Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
When William and his brother, Prince Harry, were young boys, the former Princess of Wales would regularly take them to homeless shelters, and eradicating homelessness has become a cornerstone of the future king’s royal work.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 30 June 2026

Definition of eradicating

Verb

These hit the ticker the same day IBM cratered 25%, erasing roughly $40 billion in market value on a revenue miss that, in any other environment, would have been unremarkable.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and artificial intelligence company has plunged one-third from its post-listing peak, erasing nearly $850 billion in value.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Definition of erasing

Verb

Keeping your lawn and garden well-maintained can also help reduce grasshopper populations by destroying their breeding habitat.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 21 July 2026
But the Pentagon’s youthful set of avid desk-warriors forget that big hurricanes and regional weather events regularly disrupt waterfront facilities on the Gulf and East coasts, destroying worker housing and permanently peeling away shipbuilders.

— Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 20 July 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