wipe something out eliminate something completely 彻底消灭某物 their life savings were wiped out. 他们一生的积蓄全用光了。 wipe out To destroy or be destroyed completely. 消灭:彻底摧毁或被彻底破坏 &I{Slang} To murder. &I{【俚语】} 杀死,谋杀 ...
wipe out: to destroy completely; demolish:The entire city was wiped out. [Informal.]to murder; kill:They wiped him out to keep him from testifying. [Slang.]to beat decisively, as in sports. [Slang.](in sports) to be taken out of competition by a fall, accident, collision, etc. ...
wipe out{v.} 1. To remove or erase by wiping or rubbing. The teacher wiped out with an eraser what she had written on the board. Compare:RUB OUT. 2.{informal} To remove, kill, or destroy completely. The earthquake wiped out the town. ...
Slang.(in sports) to be taken out of competition by a fall, accident, collision, etc. Slang.to intoxicate or cause to become high, especially on narcotic drugs. to clean completely by wiping: to wipe up the mess on the floor.
wipe out 1. To destroy or be destroyed completely. 2. Slang To murder. 3. Sports To lose one's balance and fall, as when skiing or surfing.[Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian; see weip- in Indo-European roots.]
e. spec. To put all to death, destroy completely, exterminate (a body of persons); usually with out. Also (slang), to kill (a person); also with out.1577tr. Bullinger's Decades 105/2 The Chananites were wiped away bycause of their incest.1861Jrnl. Discourses (1862) IX. 112 Many...
“that if the polls got worse month after month and end inwipeout in the local and European elections on June 4, Mr Brown could yet face a leadership challenge” The vultures start circling again2009 We use the Sears catalogue towipe, which is too bad. ...
3.(Boxing)throw in the towelSeethrow in4 vb(tr) ,-els,-ellingor-elled,-els,-elingor-eled 4.to dry or wipe with a towel 5.slang(often foll by:up)Australto assault or beat (a person) [C13: from Old Frenchtoaille,of Germanic origin; related to Old High Germandwahalbath, Old ...
Wipe out, can be used literally, or as slang. Literally: using a cloth. Slang: to get rid of a mass/ a lot of something. - Wipe out the village/ to kill all the people in the village. - Wipe out a generation... to get rid of all of the people of that age - Wipe out the...
n.a murder; a killing. (see alsowipe out.)The victim of the latest mob wipe was hauled out of the river this morning. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. ...