wiping out
Example Sentences
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River broke out and redirected itself by a mile near Compton, wiping out neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
European stocks broadly strengthened, however, after wiping out two-months of gains in rocky trade so far this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The massive flash flood, believed to have been triggered by a glacial collapse, swept through a Himalayan valley last Wednesday, wiping out entire villages.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
If you take advantage of that $0 bill and skip paying the following month, daily interest will keep accumulating, wiping out the interest savings you were attempting to gain.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
It takes me a second to realize she’s pointing at the outside of my left calf, where that scrape from wiping out in the yard has started bleeding.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
