noun
Meaning 1
The act of colliding or crashing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The skateboarder had a nasty wipeout as she came off the ramp.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wipeout
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noun
Meaning 2
Total destruction or elimination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The wipeout of this industry could be catastrophic.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The act of falling off one's surfboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing
Examples
- Ha ha! Did you see that wipeout?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spill, tumble, fall
noun
Meaning 5
an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: destruction, demolition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ending, conclusion, finish
Narrower terms: annihilation, disintegration, eradication, obliteration, ravage, depredation, razing, wrecking, ruin, ruination, wrack, rack
History
Etymology
Deverbal from wipe out.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разгром (razgrom) — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- Bulgarian: ликвидиране (likvidirane) — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- Czech: držkopád — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- Dutch: botsing — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- Finnish: pyyhintä — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- Finnish: pyyhkiminen — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- Finnish: poispyyhkäisy — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- Finnish: kaatuminen — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- French: gamelle — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- French: plantage — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- Polish: pokonanie — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- Polish: zniszczenie — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- Spanish: asolamiento — The action of the verb "wipe out"
- Swedish: utplåning — The action of the verb "wipe out"
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