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wipe out
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb wipe out has 6 senses
- wipe out(v = verb.consumption) consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" is one way to drop, expend, spend
- wipe out(v = verb.change) annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" is one way to kill
- wipe out(v = verb.creation) sweep away - eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out" is one way to destroy, destruct
- wipe out(v = verb.change) erase - remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" is one way to kill
- wipe out(v = verb.change) kill, obliterate - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" is one way to take away, take out
- wipe out(v = verb.change) cancel out - wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record" is one way to do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of
Sample sentence:
They wipe out more bread
Derived form noun wipeout1
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Something ----s somebody
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Derived form noun wipeout1
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Something ----s something
Derived form noun wipeout1
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THESAURUS
wipe out
KO, abate, abolish, abscind, absolve, amputate, annihilate, annul, ban, bar, black out, blast, bleach, blot, blot out, bob, bowdlerize, bump off, call off, cancel, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear out, clip, complete, croak, crop, cross out, cull, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, decimate, declare a moratorium, dele, delete, delouse, depurate, deracinate, deterge, dispose of, do in, dock, drop the curtain, dry-clean, dust, dust off, efface, eliminate, end off, enucleate, eradicate, erase, except, excise, exclude, expunge, expurgate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, finalize, finish, fix, fold up, freshen, get, get it over, get over with, get through with, give the business, give the quietus, gun down, hit, ice, isolate, kayo, kibosh, kill, knock off, knock out, lay out, liquidate, lop, mutilate, nip, nullify, obliterate, off, pare, peel, perfect, pick out, polish off, prune, purge, purify, put paid to, raze, reform, remove, root out, root up, rub out, rule out, scavenge, scrag, scratch, scratch out, set apart, set aside, settle, shave, shear, shoot down, sponge, sponge out, spruce, stamp out, steam-clean, strike off, strike out, strip, strip off, sweep away, sweep out, sweeten, take care of, take off, take out, tidy, truncate, uproot, waste, whiten, wipe, wipe off, wipe up, write off, zapROGET THESAURUS
wipe out
Destruction
VB be destroyed, perish, fall to the ground, tumble, topple, go to pieces, fall to pieces, break up, crumble to dust, go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, go to wreck, go to pot, go to wrack and ruin, go by the board, go all to smash, be all over, be all up, be all with, totter to its fall, destroy, do away with, make away with, nullify, annual, sacrifice, demolish, tear up, overturn, overthrow, overwhelm, upset, subvert, put an end to, seal the doom of, do in, do for, dish, undo, break up, cut up, break down, cut down, pull down, mow down, blow down, beat down, suppress, quash, put down, do a job on, cut short, take off, blot out, dispel, dissipate, dissolve, consume, smash, crash, quell, squash, squelch, crumple up, shatter, shiver, batter to pieces, tear to pieces, crush to pieces, cut to pieces, shake to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, laniate, nip, tear to rags, tear to tatters, crush to atoms, knock to atoms, ruin, strike out, throw over, knock down over, fell, sink, swamp, scuttle, wreck, shipwreck, engulf, ingulf, submerge, lay in ashes, lay in ruins, sweep away, erase, wipe out, expunge, raze, level with the dust, level with the ground, waste, atomize, vaporize, deal destruction, desolate, devastate, lay waste, ravage gut, disorganize, dismantle, devour, swallow up, sap, mine, blast, bomb, blow to smithereens, drop the big one, confound, exterminate, extinguish, quench, annihilate, snuff out, put out, stamp out, trample out, lay in the dust, trample in the dust, prostrate, tread under foot, crush under foot, trample under foot, lay the ax to the root of, make short work of, make clean sweep of, make mincemeat of, cut up root and branch, chop into pieces, cut into ribbons, fling to the winds, scatter to the winds, throw overboard, strike at the root of, sap the foundations of, spring a mine, blow up, ravage with fire and sword, cast to the dogs, eradicate.Obliteration
VB efface, obliterate, erase, raze, rase, expunge, cancel, blot out, take out, rub out, scratch out, strike out, wipe out, wash out, sponge out, wipe off, rub off, wipe away, deface, render illegible, draw the pen through, apply the sponge, be effaced, leave no trace, leave not a rack behind.
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