ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. |  wipe off - remove by wiping remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" deterge - wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body; "This drug is powerful enough to deterge" |
| 2. |  wipe off - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!"sponge - erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard scratch out, cut out - strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out; "scratch out my name on that list" |
Translations
? wipe off
vt sep
mark → weg- or abwischen; (from blackboard also) → ab- or auslöschen; wipe that smile off your face (inf) → hör auf zu grinsen (inf); I’ll soon wipe that smile off his face (inf) → dem wird bald das Lachen vergehen; to be wiped off the map or the face of the earth → von der Landkarte or Erdoberfläche getilgt werden
(Fin) millions were wiped off share values yesterday → gestern kam es zu Aktienverlusten in Millionenhöhe
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