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View synonyms for wipeout
wipeout
or wipe-out
[ wahyp-out ]
noun
- Informal. destruction, annihilation, or murder.
- Informal. (in sports) a decisive defeat.
- a fall from a surfboard.
- Slang. a total or complete failure:
to suffer a wipeout in the stock market.
- Slang. complete physical exhaustion.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wipeout1
First recorded in 1920–25; noun use of verb phrase wipe out
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Example Sentences
The 2014 election was a wipeout, progressives say, because Democrats lacked a bold economic message to inspire voters.
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So 2018 will shape up as another wipeout, and the Senate will flip back to the GOP again.
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So Wisconsin was his only hope of avoiding a triple wipeout.
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If Santorum had been able to face Romney one-on-one it would have been a wipeout.
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As Republicans faced their own wipeout in 2006, conservative commentators penned plenty of pieces along the same lines.
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