wipe out

Verb (6)

1. use up (resources or materials)“this car consumes a lot of gas”“We exhausted our savings”“They run through 20 bottles of wine a week”Synonyms: consumeeat upuse upeatdepleteexhaustrun throughwipe out
2. kill in large numbers“the plague wiped out an entire population”Synonyms: eliminateannihilateextinguisheradicatewipe outdecimatecarry off
3. eliminate completely and without a trace“The old values have been wiped out”Synonyms: wipe outsweep away
4. remove from memory or existence“The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915”Synonyms: erasewipe out
5. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase“kill these lines in the President's speech”Synonyms: killobliteratewipe out
6. wipe out the effect of something“The new tax effectively cancels out my raise”“The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record”Synonyms: cancel outwipe out