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wipe out

phrasal verb
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wipe out
  1. (informal) to fall over, especially when you are doing a sport such as skiing or surfing（尤指做滑雪或冲浪等体育运动时）跌倒，翻跌下来
    • She wiped out at the third gate in the slalom race.她在激流回旋比赛的第三扇门擦了擦。
    Topics Sports: water sportsc2
wipe somebody out
  1. (informal) to make somebody extremely tired使疲惫不堪
    • All that travelling has wiped her out.一路舟车劳顿让她疲惫不堪。🔊🔊
    see also wiped out
wipe somebody/something out
  1. [often passive] to destroy or remove somebody/something completely彻底消灭；全部摧毁
    • Whole villages were wiped out by the earthquake.地震把整座整座的村庄夷为平地。🔊🔊
    • Last year's profits were virtually wiped out.去年的利润几乎全都赔光了。🔊🔊
    • a campaign to wipe out malaria消灭疟疾的运动
    related noun wipeout
    Extra Examples
    • pollution that threatens to wipe out 100 000 fish有可能导致 10 万条鱼死亡的污染
    • The regiment was virtually wiped out in the first battle.在首次交战中，整个团几乎被全歼。
    • The disease has been effectively wiped out.这种疾病已经被有效地消灭了。