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 last of the modest gains Ukraine made during its summer 2023 counteroffensive have been wiped out, according to an assessment on Wednesday from DeepState, an analytical group with ties to the Ukrainian military, after Russian forces captured the village of Neskuchne.
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Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
This is the era in which Donald Trump will be handed the nuclear codes on January 20, and with them the ability to launch a war that could wipe out human civilization.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
The company is now owned and run by original founder Stacy Spikes, who acquired it out of bankruptcy in 2022 after Farnsworth and partner Mitch Lowe ran it to the ground, wiping out shareholders.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
But borrowers should move forward with the assumption that mass student debt cancellation — initiatives that would immediately wipe out the debt for millions of people all at once — is not happening.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
This is the era in which Donald Trump will be handed the nuclear codes on January 20, and with them the ability to launch a war that could wipe out human civilization.
—Joshua Keating, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025
The company is now owned and run by original founder Stacy Spikes, who acquired it out of bankruptcy in 2022 after Farnsworth and partner Mitch Lowe ran it to the ground, wiping out shareholders.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
But borrowers should move forward with the assumption that mass student debt cancellation — initiatives that would immediately wipe out the debt for millions of people all at once — is not happening.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipe out
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The theory holds that a community that rids itself of petty crime, such as shoplifting, vandalism and trespassing, can eradicate more serious crime because criminals won’t have anywhere to hide.—
JULIE K. BROWN,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Its achievements include eradicating smallpox and bringing polio to the brink of elimination.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship threatens to erase the futures of countless children—children whose potential will go untapped, whose contributions to art, science, and justice might never be realized.—
Paola Mendoza,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Despite that, Djokovic played well enough to erase a deficit and overcome Alcaraz in four sets.—
Howard Fendrich,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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About a quarter century after slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico (1873), another Afro-Puerto Rican genre emerged known as the plena.—
Vanessa Diaz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Jan. 2025
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Trump said in December that the debt ceiling should be abolished, a position shared by some liberal lawmakers.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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The video was released Sunday by a law firm representing a woman whose house was destroyed by the fire and is suing Southern California Edison, the primary electrical utility for Los Angeles.—
Michelle Watson,
CNN,
27 Jan. 2025
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By the time the show opened on Friday, the Eaton Fire, which is now 95 percent contained, had burned over 14,000 acres and destroyed over 9,000 structures in Altadena, Pasadena, and other areas nearby.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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