wipe out

wipe  (wp)

tr.v. wiped, wip·ing, wipes

1.

a. To subject to light rubbing or friction, as with a cloth or paper, in order to clean or dry.

b. To clean or dry by rubbing: wiped my feet before I went inside.

c. To rub, move, or pass (a cloth, for example) over a surface.

2.

a. To remove by or as if by rubbing: wipe off dirt; wipe away grease.

b. To blot out completely, as from the memory.

3.

a. To spread or apply by or as if by wiping: wiped furniture polish over the table.

b. To form (a joint) in plumbing by spreading solder with a piece of cloth or leather.

n.

1. The act or an instance of wiping.

2. Something, such as a towel or tissue, used for wiping.

3. A cam that activates another part; a wiper.

4.

a. A blow or swipe.

b. Informal A jeer; a gibe.

5. A transition from one scene in a film or movie to another, effected by means of a line passing across the screen.

Phrasal Verb:

wipe out

1. To destroy or be destroyed completely.

2. Slang To murder.

3. Sports To lose one's balance and fall, as when skiing or surfing.

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[Middle English wipen, from Old English wpian; see weip- in Indo-European roots.]

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wipe out

Verb

to destroy or get rid of completely: a hail storm wipes out a wheat crop in five minutes

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	wipe out - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" deplete, use up, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat, consume run out - exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" drain - deplete of resources; "The exercise class drains me of energy" luxuriate, indulge - enjoy to excess; "She indulges in ice cream" burn off, burn up, burn - use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" expend, spend, drop - pay out; "spend money" spend - spend completely; "I spend my pocket money in two days" take, use up, occupy - require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" play out, sap, tire, exhaust, run down - deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
	2.	wipe out - kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population" annihilate, eradicate, decimate, eliminate, carry off, extinguish decimate - kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
	3.	wipe out - eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out" sweep away destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
	4.	wipe out - remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915" erase kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
	5.	wipe out - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech" obliterate, kill take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
	6.	wipe out - wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record" cancel out do away with, eliminate, get rid of, extinguish - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"