as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
he didn't get his gambling under control until he had already wiped out his entire life savings
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Recent Examples of wipe out
If that was wiped out or capped at $10K, there would be more tax revenue.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
In the meantime, Hahn recommends affected users consider reinstalling the Windows OS to fully wipe out the threat.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
While the balance assistance being offered helps by waiving some unpaid interest and providing modest matching for payments to principal, the plan stops far short of the Biden-era plan to wipe out $189 billion in unpaid loans.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 10 May 2025
Because banana plants are propagated asexually via rhizome cuttings rather than seeds, entire plantations can be wiped out in a single outbreak, with no genetic bulwark to slow or prevent the pathogen’s advance.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
In the meantime, Hahn recommends affected users consider reinstalling the Windows OS to fully wipe out the threat.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 16 May 2025
While the balance assistance being offered helps by waiving some unpaid interest and providing modest matching for payments to principal, the plan stops far short of the Biden-era plan to wipe out $189 billion in unpaid loans.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 10 May 2025
Because banana plants are propagated asexually via rhizome cuttings rather than seeds, entire plantations can be wiped out in a single outbreak, with no genetic bulwark to slow or prevent the pathogen’s advance.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
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Princess Eugenie is also the founder of The Anti-Slavery Collective, which endeavors to eradicate modern slavery, and helped establish Key to Freedom, a social enterprise initiative facilitating a route to market for products made by survivors of trafficking at Women’s Interlink Foundation.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
22 May 2025
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Yeast overgrowth can often be eradicated with one dose of an oral tablet called fluconazole (Diflucan).—
Cheyenne Buckingham,
SELF,
13 May 2025
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So, this should lower those percentage gaps in time, if not erase them.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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The voices and contributions of women and people of color were overlooked and erased through much of America’s military history.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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Currently 20 states have passed laws that would abolish clock changes if they are given permission to do so by the federal government.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Athletic Bilbao’s Estadio de San Mamés was full of tears of joy from Tottenham fans clad in white and players alike at the full-time whistle as the team abolished the reputation for not finishing big matches.—
David Close,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a plea from a group of Native American activists and supporters to block a copper mining company from destroying an Apache religious site.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
27 May 2025
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During the week of my embed, the Russian military identified and destroyed a few of the Vampire pilots’ positions.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2025
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“Wipe out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wipe%20out. Accessed 31 May. 2025.
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