WIPE OUT

• (verb) kill in large numbers

  "the plague wiped out an entire population"

  synonyms : annihilate , carry off , decimate , eliminate , eradicate , extinguish

• (verb) wipe out the effect of something

  "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise", "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record"

  synonyms : cancel out

• (verb) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

  "kill these lines in the President's speech"

  synonyms : kill , obliterate

• (verb) remove from memory or existence

  "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"

  synonyms : erase

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : consume , deplete , eat , eat up , exhaust , run through , use up

• (verb) eliminate completely and without a trace

  "The old values have been wiped out"

  synonyms : sweep away

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