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单词 wipe someone out
释义

wipe someone out

1Kill a large number of people: the plague had wiped out whole villages...
  • If we don't co-operate with them, they kill us, wipe us out of existence.
  • Then we will be able to massacre them, and wipe them out while they are at their weakest.
  • We don't relish the thought of destroying innocents, wiping out cultures.

Synonyms

destroy, annihilate, eradicate, eliminate, extirpate;
slaughter, massacre, kill, kill off, exterminate;
demolish, raze to the ground, level
informal wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, take out, liquidate, zap
North American informal waste
literary slay
2Ruin someone financially.If American Golf declared bankruptcy, he could be wiped out financially....
  • Reports that Laura has wiped Bruno out financially are, says Warren, nonsense. ‘He's got plenty of money left, whatever people wrote about his divorce settlement.
  • One of these lawsuits finally wiped him out financially.
3 (be wiped out) informal Be exhausted or intoxicated: I’m so wiped out I’m ready to keel over
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