wipe out

(noun) an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. Synonyms: destruction, demolition, wipeout.

(noun) a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard). Synonyms: wipeout.

(verb) use up (resources or materials). Synonyms: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out. Examples: "This car consumes a lot of gas." "We exhausted our savings." "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week."

(verb) kill in large numbers. Synonyms: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off. Example: "The plague wiped out an entire population."

(verb) eliminate completely and without a trace. Synonyms: wipe out, sweep away. Example: "The old values have been wiped out."

(verb) remove from memory or existence. Synonyms: erase, wipe out. Example: "The turks erased the armenians in 1915."

(verb) mark for deletion, rub off, or erase. Synonyms: kill, obliterate, wipe out. Example: "Kill these lines in the president's speech."

(verb) wipe out the effect of something. Synonyms: cancel out, wipe out. Examples: "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise." "The `a' will cancel out the `c' on your record."