wipe-out

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To physically erase something written
To destroy (a large number of people or things); to obliterate
To crash, fall over (especially in board sports such as surfing, skateboarding etc.)
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The action of the verb "wipe out"

The wipeout of this industry could be catastrophic.

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wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record"
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remove from memory or existence. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"
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kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
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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"
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eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out"
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eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out
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{f} destroy; void; (Slang) kill
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wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The A' will cancel out the C' on your record", (synonym) cancel out
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fall over or off a vehicle
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be capsized by a wave while surfing
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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", (synonym) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through
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kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population", (synonym) eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off
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mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech", (synonym) kill, obliterate
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eliminate completely and without a trace; "The old values have been wiped out", (synonym) sweep away
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the obliteration of one radio signal by another
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an instance of complete destruction or defeat
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a fall from a surfboard
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1. The act or an instance of wiping out.; complete destruction.2. (Sports) A fall, as from a surfboard or bicycle
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To wipe out something such as a place or a group of people or animals means to destroy them completely. The spill could wipe out the Gulf's turtle population The man is a fanatic who is determined to wipe out any opposition to the way he conducts himself
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a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)
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an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
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{i} massacre, annihilation; fall from a surfboard; (Sports) convincing defeat; (slang) failure