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31wipe out — 1) the influenza of 1918 wiped out entire families Syn: destroy, annihilate, eradicate, eliminate; slaughter, massacre, kill, exterminate; demolish, raze to the ground; informal take out, zap, waste; literary slay 2) I wiped out the file… …
32wipe out — I v To completely tire, fatigue. I ve been shopping all day and right now I m simply wiped out. 1950s II v To crash on a wave, in a car or plane. He was a great pilot until he wiped out in Alaska. 1960s …
33wipe out — Efface, obliterate, erase, expunge, cancel, raze, scratch out, rub out …
34wipe 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 …
35wipe-out — /ˈwaɪp aʊt / (say wuyp owt) noun Colloquial 1. Surfing a fall from a surfboard because of loss of balance. 2. a failure; fiasco. 3. a blotting out of radio signals by atmospherics, jamming, etc. Also, wipeout …
36wipe out — verb Date: 1535 transitive verb to destroy completely ; annihilate intransitive verb to fall or crash usually as a result of losing control …
37wipe out — verb a) To destroy (a large number of people or things); to obliterate. b) To physically erase something written …
38Wipe out — 1. kill; 2. failure; fiasco; 3. (surfing) fall from a surfboard; 4. (snowboarding) collision with another person or some stationary object; 5. any fall or crash …
39wipe out — Australian Slang 1. kill; 2. failure; fiasco; 3. (surfing) fall from a surfboard; 4. (snowboarding) collision with another person or some stationary object; 5. any fall or crash …
40wipe out — vb a. to fall off a board or be capsized by a wave. A surfer s term. b. to fail, particularly in a decisive and/or spectacular way The second sense is a transference of the first, which came to prominence during the surfing craze of the early… …
