wipe out
phrasal verbwipe out
- (informal) to fall over, especially when you are doing a sport such as skiing or surfing
- She wiped out at the third gate in the slalom race.
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wipe somebody out
- (informal) to make somebody extremely tired
- All that travelling has wiped her out.
wipe somebody/something out
- [often passive] to destroy or remove somebody/something completely
- Whole villages were wiped out by the earthquake.
- Last year's profits were virtually wiped out.
- a campaign to wipe out malaria
Extra Examples- pollution that threatens to wipe out 100 000 fish
- The regiment was virtually wiped out in the first battle.
- The disease has been effectively wiped out.