wipe out

wipe out
   1. to kill
   From the erasure:
    I worked with three gangs who got wiped out, all except me. (L Thomas, 1979)
   2. to cause to lose wealth or reputation
   I withdrawal to prepared positions
   Either through bankruptcy or being discrediting:
    ... was it fair to take a nice, dumb little guy like Lehman for such a ride, one that would inevitably wipe him out? (Erdman, 1987Lehman was about to be cheated, not killed)
    It would wipe me out, of course. No one would employ me. (Deighton, 1988he was facing a criminal charge)

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  • wipe out — {v.} 1. To remove or erase by wiping or rubbing. * /The teacher wiped out with an eraser what she had written on the board./ Compare: RUB OUT. 2. {informal} To remove, kill, or destroy completely. * /The earthquake wiped out the town./ * /Doctors …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • wipe-out — «WYP OWT», noun. 1. U.S. Slang. a fall from an upright position on a surfboard, skis, or motorcycle or other moving vehicle. 2. Informal. a wiping out or being wiped out; total destruction or undoing: »the wipe out of an army, the wipe out of a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • wipe out — (someone/something) 1. to destroy someone or something. We were ordered to wipe out a small enemy force hiding in the village. The floods wiped whole villages out. 2. to cause someone to lose or spend all their money. My neighbor was totally… …   New idioms dictionary

  • wipe out — [v] destroy; get rid of abate, abolish, annihilate, black out, blot out, cancel, decimate, delete, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, massacre, obliterate, remove, root out, slaughter, slay,… …   New thesaurus

  • wipe out — ► wipe out 1) remove or eliminate. 2) kill (a large number of people). 3) ruin financially. 4) informal exhaust or intoxicate. Main Entry: ↑wipe …   English terms dictionary

  • wipe out — index delete, destroy (efface), dissolve (terminate), eliminate (eradicate), expunge, extinguis …   Law dictionary

  • wipe out — verb 1. kill in large numbers (Freq. 1) the plague wiped out an entire population • Syn: ↑eliminate, ↑annihilate, ↑extinguish, ↑eradicate, ↑decimate, ↑carry off …   Useful english dictionary

  • wipe out — 1. in. to crash. □ I wiped out on the curve. □ The car wiped out on the curve. 2. in. to fall off or away from something, such as a bicycle, skates, a surfboard, a skateboard, etc. □ I wiped out and skinned my knee. U If I wipe out …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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