wipe out

/wˈaɪp ˈaʊt/

to wipe out

MAIN VERB

[phrase form: wipe]

to completely eliminate or remove

synonyms : sweep away

kill in large numbers

synonyms : annihilate

use up (resources or materials)

synonyms : consume

mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

synonyms : kill

remove from memory or existence

synonyms : erase

wipe out the effect of something

synonyms : cancel out

*** to make someone extremely tired

Examples

1. The disease wiped out 40 million rabbits at a stroke.

2. At the same time as this cold spell, an extinction event wiped out many large vertebrates in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

3. An object of this size could wipe out an entire continent.

4. The new array at the end wipes out your phenomenal memory of the array.