WIPE

v. 1 Sometimes, wipe off or out or up. rub, clean (off or out or up), cleanse; dry (off or out or up), dust (off), mop (up), swab, sponge (off or up) For God's sake, wipe your nose! Please wipe the crumbs off the table when you've finished eating Stop crying and wipe up the spilt milk. 2 Often, wipe off. remove, erase, take off or away, get rid of Wipe that grin off your face, stranger 3 wipe out. kill (off), annihilate, massacre, destroy, finish (off), dispose of, eradicate, obliterate, exterminate, do away with, stamp out, get rid of, remove, wipe off the face of the earth Scientists have succeeded in wiping out smallpox