WIPES OUT Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

wipes out

verb

present tense third-person singular of wipe out

as in eradicates

to destroy all traces of he didn't get his gambling under control until he had already wiped out his entire life savings

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of wipes out This major markdown wipes out the steep premiums on most high-tier gaming displays, allowing e-sports players and media creators to rise through the ranks with a highly fluid, ultra-clear panoramic canvas. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026 Continue reading … LINES REDRAWN — Supreme Court greenlights Alabama GOP map that wipes out a majority-Black district. — FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026 Hinton, a Nobel Prize-winning computer scientist and a former Google executive, has warned in the past that there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI wipes out humans. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025 That timeline could shrink if a massive fraud wipes out public confidence in the Internet. — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipes out

Verb

But that also eradicates a crucial option - to mount a show trial and scapegoat him for all the ills of his rule, thus absolving others.

— Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally.

— Dr. Patricia Richard, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026

Definition of eradicates

Verb

To be sure, charitable bequests are also fully deductible against the estate tax, which means the destination (charity) is what erases Buffett’s tax liability.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 July 2026
His best friend, Jacob Batalan’s Ned, and his girlfriend, Zendaya’s MJ, have been right by his side through most of the movie; at the end, a mystical spell erases their memory of him, ostensibly forever.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 July 2026

Definition of erases

Verb

Attorney Monica Restanio, whose arguments in court for the Venezuelan family were responsible for winning the ruling that abolishes the minor issue, said she was thrilled.

— Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
At the end of the second installment, Mia is crowned the queen of Genovia single after Parliament abolishes the law requiring that a queen be married first.

— Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 2026

Definition of abolishes

Verb

Alas the aforementioned entity has invaded MJ’s mind, if not body, and destroys any idea that this passionate moment was actually real.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 July 2026
Rescue comes from a Ukrainian fighter jet, known as Ghost, that destroys the tanks from above.

— Constant Méheut, New York Times, 27 July 2026

Definition of destroys

Verb

The phenomenon, where smoke blots out the blue sky overhead, making the air appear milky-white or even orange, has become a relatively regular fixture of summers where out-of-control wildfires in the West bring noxious smoke downwind.

— Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 17 July 2026
Extragalactic astronomers refer to a region behind our Milky Way as the 'Zone of Avoidance' because dust between our galaxy's stars blots out, or deeply reddens, light from more distant galaxies behind it.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 May 2026