English > wipeout: 2 senses > noun 1, event| Meaning | An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. |
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| Synonyms | destruction, demolition |
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| Narrower | annihilation, disintegration | Total destruction |
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| eradication, obliteration | The complete destruction of every trace of something |
| ravage, depredation | (usually plural) a destructive action |
| razing, wrecking | The event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled |
| ruin, ruination | An event that results in destruction |
| wrack, rack | The destruction or collapse of something |
| Broader | ending, conclusion, finish | event whose occurrence ends something |
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| Spanish | demolición, derribo, derrumbamiento, destrucción |
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| Catalan | demolició, destrucció, enderrocament, enderroc |
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| Verbs | wipe out | kill / kill / kill in large numbers |
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| wipe out | mark for deletion, rub off, or erase |
| wipe out | remove from memory or existence |
| wipe out | wipe out the effect of something |
| wipe out | eliminate completely and without a trace |
