as in to eradicate
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 wipe out
As tech CEOs predict AI will wipe out millions of roles, about 1,300 Whole Foods employees have been trained in traditional crafts like fishmongering to cake decorating.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 17 July 2025
Paradise opened in a post-apocalyptic world, where 25,000 people were saved from some sort of catastrophic climate event that nearly wiped out civilization.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2025
ComEd residential customers approved for the relief funds will see the money appear as a one-time credit on an upcoming bill, wiping out up to $500 in past due balances.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
Severe weather in recent years has also strained local farms, at times wiping out entire crops at once.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2025
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 17 July 2025
Paradise opened in a post-apocalyptic world, where 25,000 people were saved from some sort of catastrophic climate event that nearly wiped out civilization.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2025
ComEd residential customers approved for the relief funds will see the money appear as a one-time credit on an upcoming bill, wiping out up to $500 in past due balances.
—Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
Severe weather in recent years has also strained local farms, at times wiping out entire crops at once.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipe out
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Screwworms were eradicated in the U.S. in the 1960s, but have been know to reemerge occasionally.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 July 2025
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Israel retaliated and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to eradicate Hamas.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
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Nothing Astronomer could have said or done would've erased the incident.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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Intel’s stock jumped early in 2025 as optimism built around new leadership, but shares fell over 9% after Thursday’s Q2 earnings and layoff announcement, threatening to erase most yearly gains.—
Ashley Lutz,
Fortune,
25 July 2025
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The poem became an anthem for abolishing convict labor in Florida.—
Time,
Time,
17 July 2025
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Those who call for abolishing ICE or halting deportations rarely grapple with what that would actually mean: open borders in all but name.—
Robert W Hood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2025
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In return, he was allowed to effectively destroy a nature site of great conservation value.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Trump also is destroying the Games’ potential upside.—
Joe Mathews,
Mercury News,
25 July 2025
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“Wipe out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wipe%20out. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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