wiped out
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Destroyed, annihilated; quite obliterated.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Examples
The hurricane wiped out the whole village.Trận bão đã quét sạch cả ngôi làng.
Tatoeba sentence #11414415 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “wiped out” mean?
Destroyed, annihilated; quite obliterated.
Is “wiped out” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.