How to Use wipeout in a Sentence

wipeout

1 of 2 noun

• The surfer had a nasty wipeout.
• Britain goes to the polls, and a wipeout is in the works.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
• To be sure, the off-year election was not a wipeout for the GOP.
  — Molly Ball, Time, 5 Nov. 2019
• And then there's the bullpen, with four arms with wipeout-closer stuff.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
• Not just a stumble or a slip, but a full-fledged wipeout.
  — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
• Some of the crypto faithful see an upside to the wipeout of 2022.
  — David Segal, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
• In the race for the House, both sides acknowledge the prospect of a wipeout-style wave is shrinking.
  — Lisa Mascaro, The Seattle Times, 23 Oct. 2018
• But Boettcher didn’t even give him a chance for such a wipeout.
  — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 3 June 2019
• There were so many wipeouts – cuts, scrapes and bruises.
  — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE.com, 8 Feb. 2018
• Others peg the number at 27% That’s still a Biden wipeout.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2020
• Not even a serious wipeout can keep DJ Khaled off the golf course.
  — Shania Russell, EW.com, 16 June 2023
• And that is the question that lies on the other side of this week’s election wipeout: how much hope does Britain have left?
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
• The 2022 midterm elections were widely forecast to be a wipeout for Democrats.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
• This time around, the Socialists and their allies were on course for about 40 seats, a near-wipeout.
  — Cedric Sam, Bloomberg.com, 19 June 2017
• Many of them fell victim to the Democratic wipeout in 2010.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2022
• The damage to Sale wasn’t done in the fourth, though, as his command of his wipeout slider worsened.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019
• The night was a near wipeout for members of the House seeking higher office.
  — Alex Burns, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
• More aces and wipeout closers will abound in the National League playoffs.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017
• Clevinger and Lamet are the Padres’ aces, hard-throwing right-handers with wipeout sliders.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2020
• Right before the big financial wipeout of 2008, Laurie and I bought a house up there.
  — The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2022
• The vulture wipeout was later attributed to diclofenac, and India banned the use of the drug in 2006.
  — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 22 July 2024
• Pro-choice states that are preparing for a Supreme Court-level wipeout will be tough to crack.
  — Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2020
• The right-hander is best known for his wipeout slider but can reach 99 mph with his four-seam fastball.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2021
• Jimenez's fastball sits at 95 mph but rides up to 98 mph, and his wipeout slider is a tough task for any batter.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2020
• In the bottom half of the inning, Reyes clubbing a two-run triple — aided by a wipeout by Ward on the slippery right-field grass — for a 3-0 lead.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2022
• The 25-year-old has a wipeout slider and hopefully a great future.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021
• Crochet has a fastball that has been clocked at 100 mph, a wipeout slider and a changeup.
  — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 18 Sep. 2020
• The wipeout didn’t end there, with shares falling nearly 7% on Wednesday.
  — Lauren Debter, Forbes, 18 May 2022
• The luckiest shake off the wipeout and return to the competition.
  — Ben Thouard, New York Times, 25 July 2024
• The Montana Democrats, meanwhile, are in the process of rebuilding after wipeouts in the past two election cycles.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024

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wipe out

2 of 2 verb

• The dot-com crash wiped out all but $6,000 of that wealth, says Gorny.
  — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
• But that would wipe out about a third of all the balances.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 15 June 2022
• Be sure to take the bag out and wipe out any loose debris.
  — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2022
• Tap or click for an easy way to wipe out dozens with a few clicks.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
• Take it for a while to wipe out the high blood pressure then stop.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2022
• This is about the evolution of the species, who goes forward and who gets wiped out.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
• So the AIs send robots back to the past to wipe out that lineage of magic.
  — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 10 June 2022
• Transfer the butter to a large bowl; do not wipe out the skillet.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
• Even for the group assigned both the meetings and the bonus, the effect of the bonus wiped out the benefit of the meetings.
  — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2024
• Proteins formed by the body itself gather in the brain and wipe out brain cells.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 16 Aug. 2022
• Putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of even being able to be a Ukrainian.
  — ABC News, 17 Apr. 2022
• The decline wiped out much of its share-price gains this year and weighed on the index's IT sector.
  — David Uberti, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
• Transfer mixture to a large bowl and wipe out the bowl of the food processor.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2022
• The Highlanders scored four runs in the sixth to wipe out a 1-0 deficit and hand a rare defeat to Cleveland’s Braden Lowe.
  — Eric Sondheimercolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• In the process inflation will wipe out savings and make wages buy less.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• Yet many unions have not come out the other side stronger; they have simply been wiped out.
  — Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
• Side with the legal activists trying to wipe out these laws?
  — The Editors, National Review, 17 Sep. 2023
• The virus can easily wipe out a flock of chickens in a matter of days.
  — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 14 June 2024
• Tap or click here to wipe out everything Google knows about you.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
• By my count, that’s the first blocking flag to wipe out a McKinstry punt return.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 2 Oct. 2022
• Nanami Nakashima of Japan shot a final round 70, wiping out a two-shot deficit at the start of the day to win by one stroke.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
• In Pakistan, snowmelt caused a glacial lake to flood and wipe out an important bridge.
  — Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
• It has been nearly wiped out in 13% of its range, also in those regions.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
• Funny how the Chargers are suffering from the same plague that wiped out this year’s Padres.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
• Remove the racks and wipe out the interior with a damp cloth.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
• Turn out onto a plate and wipe out the skillet with a paper towel.
  — Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2022
• The Wolves, along with every Arizona high school, had their spring season wiped out.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
• Removing the bottom of the sea to collect sand wipes out marine life, too.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 5 Sep. 2023
• There was only snow on the ground for two or three weeks, wiping out most winter recreation.
  — Nick Halter, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024
• This year’s cold spring weather wiped out his entire yield during the height of the growing season, but Little Sesame had enough chickpeas on hand.
  — Robin D. Schatz, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024