wipe out
Example Sentences
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Rail writer Christian Wolmar said the problem they have created is that "if one thing goes wrong, it can wipe out, as we saw, quite a lot of the network".
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
On top of this, natural disasters and accidents can wipe out history.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Employment at hotels and restaurants, for instance, fell in July to wipe out the small increase in hiring in the first six months of the year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
High interest charges will wipe out any value from points and perks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Ice cubes don’t wipe out civilizations with bursts of gamma rays, though following the then-accepted rules of physics led inexorably to that conclusion.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
