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wipeout

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noun

wipe·​out ˈwīp-ˌau̇t How to pronounce wipeout (audio)
1
: the act or an instance of wiping out : complete or utter destruction
2
: a fall or crash caused usually by losing control
3
: a total or decisive defeat : drubbing

wipe out

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verb

wiped out; wiping out; wipes out

transitive verb

: to destroy completely : annihilate

intransitive verb

: to fall or crash usually as a result of losing control

Example Sentences

Noun The surfer had a nasty wipeout. Verb he didn't get his gambling under control until he had already wiped out his entire life savings
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Hope springs eternal, especially among politicians facing an electoral wipeout. Karl Rove, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2022 In an ensuing electoral wipeout in the 2020 parliamentary election, Mr. Wickremesinghe lost his local seat. Philip Wen, WSJ, 20 July 2022 Analysts have likened the wipeout of the Sri Lankan economy to the financial chaos of the late 1990s in Southeast Asia’s major economies. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 July 2022 The overall cryptocurrency market experienced a roughly $2 trillion valuation wipeout between November of last year and early June, Bloomberg reported. Cameron Sperance, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2022 In February, after a dismal financial report, Meta’s stock plummeted 26 percent and its market value plunged more than $230 billion in what was the company’s biggest one-day wipeout. New York Times, 1 July 2022 In fact, Coinglass data shows that June 13 saw over $600 million in liquidations, the biggest daily wipeout since March. Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 22 June 2022 The recent rout in equities has led to a wipeout of $17 billion (1.32 lakh crore rupees) in the company’s market value. Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 14 June 2022 In 2010, as the nation continued to reel from the economic fallout of the 2008 market crash and recession, Democrats suffered a wipeout in the House. Julian Zelizer, CNN, 20 May 2022
Verb
There are assertions that sentience AI will unequivocally wipe out all of humankind. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 Harvard colleague Jason Furman does, that debt relief will wipe out all the inflationary gains from the Inflation Reduction Act, those gains were never much to write home about. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 Including a broader debt forgiveness plan for Pell Grant recipients would wipe out the debt for up to 20 million borrowers, the White House estimated, and reach 43 million people in total. Rachel Scott, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2022 An earlier report from the New York Federal Reserve found that $10,000 in forgiveness would completely wipe out the debt of nearly a third of borrowers, including about 31% of delinquent loans or those in default. Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2022 The companies say these moves will wipe out nearly 70% of the medical debt listed on consumer credit reports. Tom Murphy, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2022 The ripple effects of Russia's audacious invasion of Ukraine will wipe out 15 years of economic gains by the end of 2023, a global banking trade group reported Wednesday. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022 In 2015, Arne Duncan, the education secretary at the time, announced that the government would wipe out their loans. Stacy Cowley, New York Times, 1 June 2022 Russian space agency chief Dmitry Rogozin warned Sunday that Russia would wipe out NATO in half an hour if there was a nuclear war. Washington Post, 9 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1535, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of wipeout was in 1535

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