wipe out

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Definition
  1. Verb (transitive):
    • To eliminate completely; to destroy totally: To remove or annihilate something so that it no longer exists or functions.
    • To use up entirely; to exhaust: To consume all of a resource, supply, or energy.
    • To erase or cancel out: To nullify the effect or existence of something.
Usage and Examples
  • To eliminate/destroy completely:
    • The epidemic threatened to wipe out the entire village.
    • The new policy could wipe out small businesses in the area.
  • To use up/exhaust:
    • The long journey wiped out our supplies of food and water.
    • That workout completely wiped me out; I have no energy left.
  • To erase/cancel out:
    • The gains in the first quarter were wiped out by losses in the second.
    • One bad test score can wipe out your chances for the scholarship.
Advanced Usage
  • Reflexive/Passive Sense (to be wiped out): To be extremely tired or exhausted.
    • After running the marathon, I was completely wiped out.
  • In Finance/Commerce: To describe the total loss of value or capital.
    • The stock market crash wiped out millions in investments.
Variants and Related Words
  • Wipeout (noun): A complete failure or collapse; a fall from a surfboard or similar craft.
    • The company's bankruptcy was a total wipeout.
    • The surfer had a nasty wipeout on the big wave.
Synonyms
  • Annihilate: To destroy completely.
  • Exterminate: To destroy totally, often referring to living things.
  • Deplete: To use up a resource.
  • Erase: To remove all traces.
  • Obliterate: To destroy utterly.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Wipe away: To remove (e.g., tears, dirt) by wiping.
    • She wiped away her tears.
  • Wipe off: To remove something from a surface.
    • Please wipe off the table.
  • Wipe up: To clean a liquid by wiping.
    • Could you wipe up that spilled milk?
Related Idioms
  • (To be) wiped off the map: To be completely destroyed or eliminated.
    • The ancient city was wiped off the map by the volcanic eruption.
  • Wipe the slate clean: To forget past mistakes or debts and start again.
    • Let's wipe the slate clean and begin our partnership anew. (Note: This idiom uses "wipe," not the full phrasal verb "wipe out.")
Verb
  1. wipe out the effect of something
    • The new tax effectively cancels out my raise
    • The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record
  2. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
    • kill these lines in the President's speech
  3. remove from memory or existence
    • The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
  4. eliminate completely and without a trace
    • The old values have been wiped out
  5. kill in large numbers
    • the plague wiped out an entire population
  6. 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

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