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WIPE OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kill in large numbers
Example:
the plague wiped out an entire population
Synonyms:
annihilate; carry off; decimate; eliminate; eradicate; extinguish; wipe out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "wipe out" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Verb group:
decimate (kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Wipe out the effect of something
Example:
The 'A' will cancel out the 'C' on your record
Synonyms:
cancel out; wipe out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "wipe out" is one way to...):
do away with; eliminate; extinguish; get rid of (terminate, end, or take out)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
Example:
kill these lines in the President's speech
Synonyms:
kill; obliterate; wipe out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "wipe out" is one way to...):
take away; take out (take out or remove)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Remove from memory or existence
Example:
The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
Synonyms:
erase; wipe out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "wipe out" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Use up (resources or materials)
Example:
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
Synonyms:
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "wipe out" is one way to...):
Verb group:
occupy; take; use up (require (time or space))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wipe out"):
run out (exhaust the supply of)
drain (deplete of resources)
indulge; luxuriate (enjoy to excess)
burn; burn off; burn up (use up (energy))
spend (spend completely)
exhaust; play out; run down; sap; tire (deplete)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They wipe out more bread
Sense 6
Meaning:
Eliminate completely and without a trace
Example:
The old values have been wiped out
Synonyms:
sweep away; wipe out
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "wipe out" is one way to...):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
wipeout (an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something)
