Synonyms for wipe out

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1. consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out(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:
   exhaust, take in, eat on, eat up, play out, expel, ware, wash up, eat, erase, release, corrode, beat, tire, kill, go through, eliminate, take, have, occupy, waste, finish, use up, swallow, tucker, polish off, decimate, tucker out, rust, feed, ingest, swallow up, obliterate, run through, extinguish, squander, annihilate, bury, down, discharge, run down, work through, devour, sweep away, sap, cancel out, eject, immerse, consume, carry off, deplete, eradicate

2. eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off(verb)

   kill in large numbers

   "the plague wiped out an entire population"

   Synonyms:
   obviate, bear off, eat up, crush out, pull off, rule out, exhaust, annihilate, reject, negociate, take away, eliminate, get rid of, manage, bear away, use up, rid of, bring off, extirpate, decimate, exterminate, press out, kill, eat, obliterate, run through, quench, cancel out, snuff out, pass, carry away, do away with, stub out, uproot, blow out, winnow out, excrete, root out, erase, extinguish, sweep away, carry off, consume, egest, deplete, eradicate

3. wipe out, sweep away(verb)

   eliminate completely and without a trace

   "The old values have been wiped out"

   Synonyms:
   deplete, eat, eliminate, cancel out, decimate, kill, eat up, carry off, sweep away, exhaust, run through, extinguish, consume, erase, obliterate, sweep off, annihilate, use up, eradicate

4. erase, wipe out(verb)

   remove from memory or existence

   "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"

   Synonyms:
   deplete, eat, annihilate, cancel out, rub out, erase, score out, decimate, kill, eat up, carry off, delete, sweep away, exhaust, extinguish, consume, run through, obliterate, efface, wipe off, eliminate, use up, eradicate

5. kill, obliterate, wipe out(verb)

   mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

   "kill these lines in the President's speech"

   Synonyms:
   veil, eat up, vote down, exhaust, eat, blot out, eliminate, belt down, use up, drink down, defeat, decimate, shoot down, obscure, kill, obliterate, run through, toss off, cancel out, stamp out, hide, bolt down, annihilate, down, efface, pop, erase, extinguish, pour down, sweep away, consume, vote out, carry off, deplete, eradicate

6. cancel out, wipe out(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:
   deplete, eat, eliminate, cancel out, erase, decimate, kill, eat up, carry off, sweep away, exhaust, annihilate, extinguish, consume, run through, obliterate, use up, eradicate

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. wipe out

   Exterminate (Latin ex, out, and terminus, a boundary) signified primarily to drive beyond the bounds or limits of a country; the word is applied to races of men or animals, and is now almost exclusively used for removal by death; individuals are now said to be banished or expelled. Eradicate (Latin e, out, and radix, root) is primarily applied to numbers or groups of plants which it is desired to remove effectually from the soil; a single tree may be uprooted, but is not said to be eradicated; we labor to eradicate or root out noxious weeds. To extirpate (Latin ex, out, and stirps, stem, stock) is not only to destroy the individuals of any race of plants or animals, but the very stock, so that the race can never be restored; we speak of eradicating a disease, of extirpating a cancer, exterminating wild beasts or hostile tribes; we seek to eradicate or extirpate all vices and evils. Compare ABOLISH.

   Synonyms:
   annihilate, banish, destroy, eradicate, expel, exterminate, extirpate, overthrow, remove, root out, uproot

   Antonyms:
   augment, beget, breed, build up, cherish, colonize, develop, foster, increase, plant, populate, propagate, replenish, settle

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1. wipe out

   Synonyms:
   efface, obliterate, erase, expunge, cancel, raze, scratch out, rub out

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How to use wipe out in a sentence?

1. Jacob Shapiro:

   We can’t completely wipe out the Islamic State in any sense because it’s an idea; they can just rely on going back to more terrorist-oriented or guerilla fighting … we may be able to make some gains against them … short of actually going in and getting rid of them ourselves, we are just going to have to depend on local militias and allies to get the job done.

2. Sara Lewis:

   There is a danger in just the presence of those people, you could actually wipe out the population that is so attractive.

3. Cesar Cordaro:

   In denying history, the government tries to devalue all the struggles of Brazilian workers for their rights and wipe out the gains they still have.

4. Bill Gross:

   A 30-year Treasury at 2.5 percent can wipe out your annual income in one day with a 10 basis point increase.

5. Bill Gates:

   None of these (gene technology) constructs will actually wipe out the species, it will evolve back. After all, evolutionary pressures always push back.

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