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wipe out

— verb kill in large numbers the plague wiped out an entire population — verb (= consume, use up, exhaust, run through) 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 — verb eliminate completely and without a trace The old values have been wiped out — verb (= cancel out) wipe out the effect of something The new tax effectively cancels out my raise The 'A' will cancel out the 'C' on your record — verb (= erase) remove from memory or existence The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915 — verb (= kill) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase kill these lines in the President's speech

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annihilate erase exterminate eradicate destroy eliminate obliterate delete wipe off extinguish efface blot out kill off kill get rid of expunge decimate wipe rub out cross out consume use up sweep away suppress strike out purge eat up eat carry off cancel wind up sweep spoil run through remove pierce liquidate exhaust excise drop do away with disband devastate deplete clear cancel out annul abolish zap withdraw