wipe out

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verb

1. kill in large numbers (Freq. 1)
- the plague wiped out an entire population
• Syn:
eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off
• Derivationally related forms:
decimation (for: decimate), wipeout, extinction (for: extinguish), annihilative (for: annihilate), annihilation (for: annihilate), annihilator (for: annihilate)
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Group:
decimate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. use up (resources or materials) (Freq. 1)
- this car consumes a lot of gas
- We exhausted our savings
- They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
• Syn:
consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete,
exhaust, run through
• Derivationally related forms:
exhaustion (for: exhaust), depletion (for: deplete), consumptive (for: consume), consumable (for: consume)
• Hypernyms:
spend, expend, drop
• Hyponyms:
run out, drain, indulge, luxuriate, burn off,
burn, burn up, spend, run down, exhaust, play out,
sap, tire
• Verb Group:
take, occupy, use up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP (for: eat)
- They wipe out more bread
3. remove from memory or existence
- The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
• Syn:
erase
• Derivationally related forms:
wipeout, erasure (for: erase)
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. wipe out the effect of something
- The new tax effectively cancels out my raise
- The 'A' will cancel out the 'C' on your record
• Syn:
cancel out
• Derivationally related forms:
wipeout
• Hypernyms:
extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
5. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- kill these lines in the President's speech
• Syn:
kill, obliterate
• Derivationally related forms:
wipeout, obliterable (for: obliterate), obliteration (for: obliterate)
• Hypernyms:
take away, take out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. eliminate completely and without a trace
- The old values have been wiped out
• Syn:
sweep away
• Derivationally related forms:
wipeout
• Hypernyms:
destroy, destruct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something