what does wipe out mean?
WIPE OUT as VERB
- Meaning
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- the plague wiped out an entire population
Hypernyms(s) wipe out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- wipe out the effect of something
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- The new tax effectively cancels out my raise
- The `A” will cancel out the `C” on your record
Hypernyms(s) wipe out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
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- kill these lines in the President’’s speech
Hypernyms(s) wipe out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- remove from memory or existence
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- The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
Hypernyms(s) wipe out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- use up (resources or materials)
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- this car consumes a lot of gas
- We exhausted our savings
- They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
Hypernyms(s) wipe out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- eliminate completely and without a trace
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- The old values have been wiped out
Hypernyms(s) wipe out is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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