wipe out
v.
destroy; void; (Slang) kill
wiped out
eliminated, exterminated, got rid of
Wipe Out
As two words, Wipe Out may refer to: wipe out, a verb meaning to erase (from a
chalkboard,
whiteboard etc).wipe out, a verb meaning to kill or eradicate a population or group (of
bacteria,
plants,
animals,
soldiers etc).wipe out, a term originally used by
surfers to describe the experience of being thrown off their
surfboard involuntarily and violently and being submerged by a wave; later by analogy used to describe falling off a
skateboard or falling while riding a
snowboard. A more general meaning has come into use in that the term is used to describe any form of violent collision and resultant damage particularly in motor vehicles, warfare and sports (such as to "wipeout one's car"). "
Wipe Out", an
instrumental song by
The Surfaris, covered by the
The Beach Boys amongst many others."Wipe Out", a cover song from -wreck collection & Wipe Out/ I'm Sorry Fear and Loathing fanzine promo 7"- of "The Surfaris"
Big Boys."Wipe Out", a song by the band
New Model Army.
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wipe out
Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through
(hypernym) spend, expend, drop
(hyponym) run out
(verb-group) take, occupy, use up
2. kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
(synonym) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off
(hypernym) kill
(verb-group) decimate
(derivation) destruction, demolition, wipeout
3. eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out"
(synonym) sweep away
(hypernym) destroy, destruct
(derivation) destruction, demolition, wipeout
4. remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"
(synonym) erase
(hypernym) kill
(derivation) destruction, demolition, wipeout
5. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"
(synonym) kill, obliterate
(hypernym) take away, take out
(derivation) destruction, demolition, wipeout
6. wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record"
(synonym) cancel out
(hypernym) eliminate, get rid of, do away with
(derivation) destruction, demolition, wipeout
wipe out
lose control of a car/bike so that it spins or rolls Larry wiped out on the last corner. His car is in the ditch.
灭此朝食
mie4 ci3 zhao1 shi2
Wiping out the enemy before breakfast.
This expression is used to say that what is important must be accomplished first. First things first.