How to Use wipeout in a Sentence

wipeout

1 of 2 noun
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  • The surfer had a nasty wipeout.
  • Britain goes to the polls, and a wipeout is in the works.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
  • To be sure, the off-year election was not a wipeout for the GOP.
    — Molly Ball, Time, 5 Nov. 2019
  • And then there's the bullpen, with four arms with wipeout-closer stuff.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Not just a stumble or a slip, but a full-fledged wipeout.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2018
  • Some of the crypto faithful see an upside to the wipeout of 2022.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • In the race for the House, both sides acknowledge the prospect of a wipeout-style wave is shrinking.
    — Lisa Mascaro, The Seattle Times, 23 Oct. 2018
  • But Boettcher didn’t even give him a chance for such a wipeout.
    — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 3 June 2019
  • There were so many wipeouts – cuts, scrapes and bruises.
    — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Others peg the number at 27% That’s still a Biden wipeout.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Not even a serious wipeout can keep DJ Khaled off the golf course.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 16 June 2023
  • And that is the question that lies on the other side of this week’s election wipeout: how much hope does Britain have left?
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
  • The 2022 midterm elections were widely forecast to be a wipeout for Democrats.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022
  • This time around, the Socialists and their allies were on course for about 40 seats, a near-wipeout.
    — Cedric Sam, Bloomberg.com, 19 June 2017
  • Many of them fell victim to the Democratic wipeout in 2010.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The damage to Sale wasn’t done in the fourth, though, as his command of his wipeout slider worsened.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019
  • The night was a near wipeout for members of the House seeking higher office.
    — Alex Burns, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
  • More aces and wipeout closers will abound in the National League playoffs.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Clevinger and Lamet are the Padres’ aces, hard-throwing right-handers with wipeout sliders.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Right before the big financial wipeout of 2008, Laurie and I bought a house up there.
    — The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The vulture wipeout was later attributed to diclofenac, and India banned the use of the drug in 2006.
    — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 22 July 2024
  • Pro-choice states that are preparing for a Supreme Court-level wipeout will be tough to crack.
    — Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The right-hander is best known for his wipeout slider but can reach 99 mph with his four-seam fastball.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2021
  • Jimenez's fastball sits at 95 mph but rides up to 98 mph, and his wipeout slider is a tough task for any batter.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2020
  • In the bottom half of the inning, Reyes clubbing a two-run triple — aided by a wipeout by Ward on the slippery right-field grass — for a 3-0 lead.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The 25-year-old has a wipeout slider and hopefully a great future.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Crochet has a fastball that has been clocked at 100 mph, a wipeout slider and a changeup.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The wipeout didn’t end there, with shares falling nearly 7% on Wednesday.
    — Lauren Debter, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • That might be just as hard as calling a game behind the plate or making contact with wipeout sliders.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2024
  • The largest loser on the Nikkei was Daiwa Securities, which saw an 18.85% wipeout of its market cap.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024
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wipe out

2 of 2 verb
  • But that would wipe out about a third of all the balances.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 15 June 2022
  • Be sure to take the bag out and wipe out any loose debris.
    — Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2022
  • Tap or click for an easy way to wipe out dozens with a few clicks.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Take it for a while to wipe out the high blood pressure then stop.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 21 Apr. 2022
  • This is about the evolution of the species, who goes forward and who gets wiped out.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2024
  • So the AIs send robots back to the past to wipe out that lineage of magic.
    — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 10 June 2022
  • Even for the group assigned both the meetings and the bonus, the effect of the bonus wiped out the benefit of the meetings.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Proteins formed by the body itself gather in the brain and wipe out brain cells.
    — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of even being able to be a Ukrainian.
    — ABC News, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The decline wiped out much of its share-price gains this year and weighed on the index's IT sector.
    — David Uberti, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Transfer mixture to a large bowl and wipe out the bowl of the food processor.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2022
  • The Highlanders scored four runs in the sixth to wipe out a 1-0 deficit and hand a rare defeat to Cleveland’s Braden Lowe.
    — Eric Sondheimercolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • In the process inflation will wipe out savings and make wages buy less.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Yet many unions have not come out the other side stronger; they have simply been wiped out.
    — Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Side with the legal activists trying to wipe out these laws?
    — The Editors, National Review, 17 Sep. 2023
  • The virus can easily wipe out a flock of chickens in a matter of days.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 14 June 2024
  • By my count, that’s the first blocking flag to wipe out a McKinstry punt return.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Nanami Nakashima of Japan shot a final round 70, wiping out a two-shot deficit at the start of the day to win by one stroke.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2023
  • In Pakistan, snowmelt caused a glacial lake to flood and wipe out an important bridge.
    — Kasha Patel, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
  • It has been nearly wiped out in 13% of its range, also in those regions.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Funny how the Chargers are suffering from the same plague that wiped out this year’s Padres.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Remove the racks and wipe out the interior with a damp cloth.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Turn out onto a plate and wipe out the skillet with a paper towel.
    — Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The Wolves, along with every Arizona high school, had their spring season wiped out.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Removing the bottom of the sea to collect sand wipes out marine life, too.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 5 Sep. 2023
  • That flood took no lives but wiped out 21 homes and caused major damage to 25 others.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 30 July 2023
  • In the hours, days, weeks, and years that follow, the consequences of the impact will wipe out about 75 percent of all species on the planet.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The storm wiped out the first floor of his home, destroying furniture and leaving mud caked on the floor.
    — NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • More than two dozen of her family members were wiped out; only a sister and uncle survived.
    — Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 7 Oct. 2024
  • But a better understanding of these cellular weapons could eventually be harnessed to wipe out infections or algae blooms, or deliver medicines to cells in the body.
    — Michael Irving, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2024

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