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Nonstandard form of wipeout; nonstandard but widespread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, nonstandard
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- a tornado that nearly wiped out an entire town
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To physically erase (writing, computer data, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- nearly a year's worth of database records wiped out by disk failure coupled with lack of backups
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To do away with; to cause to disappear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- trying to wipe out hunger and alleviate despair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To exhaust (someone); to tire (them) out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- An hour of snow shoveling kind of wiped me out more than I expected.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To bankrupt (a person or company); to empty (a bank account); to erase (a bank balance).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- They tried hard to hang on, but the Great Depression wiped them out.
- Unexpected big-ticket expenses wiped out his bank balance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To crash; to fall over or fall off (especially in board sports such as surfing, skateboarding, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- shot into the half-pipe but then wiped out
- A massive wave caused him to wipe out.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To knock (a surfer) off their board.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
Examples
- A massive wave wiped him out.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
kill in large numbers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the plague wiped out an entire population
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kill
wipe out the effect of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The new tax effectively cancels out my raise
- The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cancel out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- kill these lines in the President's speech
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kill, obliterate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: take away, take out
remove from memory or existence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: erase
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kill
use up (resources or materials)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- this car consumes a lot of gas
- We exhausted our savings
- They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spend, expend, drop
Narrower terms: run out, drain, indulge, luxuriate, burn off, burn, burn up, spend, run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire
eliminate completely and without a trace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The old values have been wiped out
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sweep away
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: destroy, destruct
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
ликвидирам
(likvidiram)
— to destroy or obliterate
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Catalan:
aniquilar
— to destroy or obliterate
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Catalan:
anihilar
— to destroy or obliterate
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Catalan:
exterminar
— to destroy or obliterate
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Czech:
vyhladit
— to destroy or obliterate
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Czech:
smést
— to destroy or obliterate
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Czech:
úplně zničit
— to destroy or obliterate
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Esperanto:
neniigi
— to destroy or obliterate
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Finnish:
tuhota
— to destroy or obliterate
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Finnish:
pyyhkäistä pois
— to destroy or obliterate
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French:
anéantir
— to destroy or obliterate
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Georgian:
განადგურება
(ganadgureba)
— to destroy or obliterate
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German:
auslöschen
— to destroy or obliterate
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German:
vernichten
— to destroy or obliterate
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Greek:
εξαλείφω
(exaleífo)
— to destroy or obliterate
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Italian:
obliterare
— to destroy or obliterate
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Italian:
spazzare via
— to destroy or obliterate
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Italian:
eliminare
— to destroy or obliterate
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Italian:
annientare
— to destroy or obliterate
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Italian:
cancellare dalla terra
— to destroy or obliterate
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Japanese:
一掃する
(issō suru)
— to destroy or obliterate
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Korean:
무찌르다
(mujjireuda)
— to destroy or obliterate
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Central Kurdish:
لەناوبردن
(lenawbirdin)
— to destroy or obliterate
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Māori:
tipihauraro
— to destroy or obliterate
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Māori:
hoepapa
— to destroy or obliterate
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Māori:
urupatu
— to destroy or obliterate
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Persian:
محویدن
— to destroy or obliterate
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Polish:
niszczyć
— to destroy or obliterate
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Polish:
zniszczyć
— to destroy or obliterate
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Polish:
wymazywać
— to destroy or obliterate
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Polish:
wymazać
— to destroy or obliterate
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Polish:
pokonywać
— to destroy or obliterate
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Polish:
pokonać
— to destroy or obliterate
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Polish:
tępić
— to destroy or obliterate
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Polish:
wytępiać
— to destroy or obliterate
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Polish:
wytępić
— to destroy or obliterate
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Portuguese:
aniquilar
— to destroy or obliterate
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Portuguese:
exterminar
— to destroy or obliterate
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Russian:
уничтожа́ть
(uničtožátʹ)
— to destroy or obliterate
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Russian:
уничто́жить
(uničtóžitʹ)
— to destroy or obliterate
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Russian:
истребля́ть
(istrebljátʹ)
— to destroy or obliterate
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Russian:
истреби́ть
(istrebítʹ)
— to destroy or obliterate
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Serbo-Croatian:
sravniti sa zemljom
— to destroy or obliterate
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Spanish:
aniquilar
— to destroy or obliterate
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Spanish:
exterminar
— to destroy or obliterate
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Spanish:
borrar del mapa
— to destroy or obliterate
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Swedish:
utplåna
— to destroy or obliterate
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Swedish:
utrota
— to destroy or obliterate
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Ottoman Turkish:
افنا ایتمك
(ifna etmek)
— to destroy or obliterate
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Ottoman Turkish:
قازیمق
(kazımak)
— to destroy or obliterate
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Bulgarian:
изтривам
(iztrivam)
— to erase
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Catalan:
esborrar
— to erase
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Czech:
vymazat
— to erase
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Czech:
smazat
— to erase
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Finnish:
pyyhkiä
— to erase
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French:
effacer
— to erase
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Georgian:
წაშლა
(c̣ašla)
— to erase
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German:
auswischen
— to erase
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German:
ausradieren
— to erase
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Italian:
cancellare
— to erase
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Māori:
muku
— to erase
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Māori:
muru
— to erase
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Māori:
ūkui
— to erase
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Māori:
opeope
— to erase
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Polish:
wymazywać
— to erase
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Polish:
wymazać
— to erase
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Portuguese:
apagar
— to erase
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Russian:
стира́ть
(stirátʹ)
— to erase
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Russian:
стере́ть
(sterétʹ)
— to erase
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Serbo-Croatian:
izbrisati
— to erase
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Spanish:
borrar
— to erase
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Swedish:
radera
— to erase
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Swedish:
sudda bort
— to erase
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Swedish:
sudda ut
— to erase
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Swedish:
sudda
— to erase
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Ottoman Turkish:
قازیمق
(kazımak)
— to erase
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Finnish:
kaatua
— to crash or fall
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Polish:
zderzać się
— to crash or fall
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Polish:
zderzyć się
— to crash or fall
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Portuguese:
cair
— to crash or fall
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Spanish:
caer
— to crash or fall
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Spanish:
sacarse la mugre
— to crash or fall
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Spanish:
sacarse la mierda
— to crash or fall
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Swedish:
välta
— to crash or fall
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Swedish:
vurpa
— to crash or fall
