wiped out

Questions about wiped out

What does wiped out mean?

wiped out means "destroyed completely". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wiped out?

Close synonyms include annihilated, exterminated, broken, impoverished. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wiped out a common word?

wiped out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.