Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Destroyed completely: Completely eliminated, annihilated, or eradicated.
   • Destroyed financially: Ruined in terms of money or economic resources; bankrupt.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Destroyed completely):

  • The hurricane left the coastal town wiped out.
  • The invasive species was wiped out by the new pesticide.

• Adjective (Destroyed financially):

  • After the stock market crash, many investors were wiped out.
  • The failed business venture left him completely wiped out.

Advanced Usage

• Emphatic use for exhaustion: While the core definitions relate to destruction, in informal contexts, "wiped out" is commonly used to mean extremely tired or exhausted. This is a figurative extension of being completely depleted of energy.
  • After running the marathon, I was completely wiped out.

Variants and Related Words

• Wipe out (verb phrase): The phrasal verb from which the adjective is derived. It means to destroy or eliminate completely.
  • The government launched a campaign to wipe out illiteracy.

Synonyms

• Annihilated: Destroyed utterly.
• Obliterated: Destroyed completely, leaving no trace.
• Bankrupt: Legally declared unable to pay debts; financially ruined.
• Ruined: Brought to a state of financial or physical destruction.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Wipe out: To destroy or eliminate something completely.
  • The epidemic threatened to wipe out the entire population.
  • A single mistake can wipe out your savings.

Related Idioms

• (To be) flat broke: An idiom meaning to have no money at all, similar to being financially wiped out.
  • After paying all the bills, I'm flat broke.

Adjective

1. destroyed financially
   • the broken fortunes of the family
2. destroyed completely