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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
wipe out
1. kill in large numbers (Freq. 1) - the plague wiped out an entire population • Syn: eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, decimate, carry off • Derivationally related forms: decimation (for: decimate), wipeout, extinction (for: extinguish), annihilative (for: annihilate), annihilation (for: annihilate), annihilator (for: annihilate) • Hypernyms: kill • Verb Group: decimate • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody 2. use up (resources or materials) (Freq. 1) - this car consumes a lot of gas - We exhausted our savings - They run through 20 bottles of wine a week • Syn: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through • Derivationally related forms: exhaustion (for: exhaust), depletion (for: deplete), consumptive (for: consume), consumable (for: consume) • Hypernyms: spend, expend, drop • Hyponyms: run out, drain, indulge, luxuriate, burn off, burn, burn up, spend, run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire • Verb Group: take, occupy, use up • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something - Somebody ----s PP (for: eat) - They wipe out more bread 3. remove from memory or existence - The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915 • Syn: erase • Derivationally related forms: wipeout, erasure (for: erase) • Hypernyms: kill • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something 4. wipe out the effect of something - The new tax effectively cancels out my raise - The 'A' will cancel out the 'C' on your record • Syn: cancel out • Derivationally related forms: wipeout • Hypernyms: extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something 5. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase - kill these lines in the President's speech • Syn: kill, obliterate • Derivationally related forms: wipeout, obliterable (for: obliterate), obliteration (for: obliterate) • Hypernyms: take away, take out • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 6. eliminate completely and without a trace - The old values have been wiped out • Syn: sweep away • Derivationally related forms: wipeout • Hypernyms: destroy, destruct • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something
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