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
The stock has slipped nearly 17% in that time, wiping out more than $200 billion in Tesla’s market cap.
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Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
But wiping out congressional representation for so many people for so long is unfair and undemocratic and unconstitutional.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
The Israelis have wiped out Hezbollah’s leadership and given Lebanon a chance to reclaim its sovereignty.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2025
Wynona has designs on River’s cat, and River keeps planting a botanical species on workplace grounds that Wynona is on a fanatical mission to wipe out.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
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Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 12 Feb. 2025
But wiping out congressional representation for so many people for so long is unfair and undemocratic and unconstitutional.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2025
The Israelis have wiped out Hezbollah’s leadership and given Lebanon a chance to reclaim its sovereignty.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2025
Wynona has designs on River’s cat, and River keeps planting a botanical species on workplace grounds that Wynona is on a fanatical mission to wipe out.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipe out
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President Donald Trump vowed to eradicate any signs of former President Joe Biden in his Department of Justice on Tuesday night.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
19 Feb. 2025
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Agency supporters told Democratic senators earlier this week that the shutdown — along with other administration steps, including revoking USAID’s lease on its Washington headquarters — was really about eradicating USAID before lawmakers or the courts could stop it.—
Ellen Knickmeyer,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Those odds dropped slowly with each game Ovechkin missed due to a fractured left fibula until all progress from his hot streak was erased.—
Dom Luszczyszyn,
The Athletic,
7 Feb. 2025
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That’s surrender — to the idea that this is a zero-sum war where one side must be erased for the other to survive.—
Hen Mazzig,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Feb. 2025
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But Reagan faced a Democratic House of Representatives that objected, and by 1984, the GOP had abandoned its call for abolishing the department.—
Richard Stengel,
TIME,
15 Feb. 2025
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Moreover, the president has intertwined his calls to abolish the $268 billion bureaucracy with attempts to leverage it to advance his own agenda.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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In addition to Meester and Brody, Cameron Mathison, Anna Faris, Ricki Lake, Cary Elwes and Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag were among the stars who confirmed that their homes were also destroyed.—
Stephanie Wenger,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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The storm destroyed every structure on the island, wiping out the concert stage, tiki bar, giant slide and food truck.—
Gabrielle Calise Tampa Bay Times (TNS),
arkansasonline.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Wipe out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wipe%20out. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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