WIPE OUT


Meaning of WIPE OUT in English

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. Doctors are searching for a cure that will wipe out cancer. The Indians wiped out the soldiers who were sent to stop their attacks.

Compare: RUB OUT, STAMP OUT.

American idioms English vocabulary.      Английский словарь американских идиом.