wiped out

ADJECTIVE
  1. destroyed financially
    the broken fortunes of the family
  2. destroyed completely
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How To Use wiped out In A Sentence

  • If the murrelet is rebounding, it's because the park service wiped out native predators.
  • Its earlier refinancing wiped out its debt pile and left the group with cash. Times, Sunday Times
  • Around the same time, an invasive worm called the teredo ravaged the docks and pilings along the waterfront, and periodic fires wiped out most of the buildings. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • The invention of penicillin effectively wiped out the staph infection problem in hospitals, but after the bacteria developed resistance to it, methicillin became the standard treatment in 1960.
  • The apple crop was wiped out by blight.
  • Later that day, other enlisted radiomen/gunners helped even the score, protecting their dive-bomber pilots as they wiped out the enemy carrier force, sinking all four Japanese flattops.
  • The subsequent slump wiped out 49% of peak values. Times, Sunday Times
  • They are often found in Japanese temple precincts and are so tough that a few specimens survived the Hiroshima blast when all other vegetation was wiped out. Times, Sunday Times
  • That wiped out early gains as gilts tracked bunds lower. Times, Sunday Times
  • No, we didn't actually get nuked or wiped out by ebola or nerve gas; aliens didn't land on the White House lawn.
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