wipe out
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
use up (resources or materials)
this car consumes a lot of gas
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- depletion derivation
- exhaustion derivation
- depletion derivation
- consumable derivation
- consumptive derivation
- take verb group
Sense 2 verb
kill in large numbers
the plague wiped out an entire population
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
Related & opposite
- annihilation derivation
- decimation derivation
- annihilation derivation
- extermination derivation
- wipeout derivation
- annihilator derivation
- withering derivation
- decimate verb group
Sense 3 verb
eliminate completely and without a trace
The old values have been wiped out
Types & categories
- destroy hypernym
Related & opposite
- wipeout derivation
Sense 4 verb
remove from memory or existence
The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
Related & opposite
- expunction derivation
- wipeout derivation
Sense 5 verb
mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
kill these lines in the President's speech
Types & categories
- take away hypernym
Related & opposite
- eradication derivation
- wipeout derivation
- obliterable derivation
Sense 6 verb
wipe out the effect of something
The new tax effectively cancels out my raise
Types & categories
- eliminate hypernym
Related & opposite
- wipeout derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | depletion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | exhaustion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | depletion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | consumable |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | consumptive |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | take |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | expend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | run out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drain |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | luxuriate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | burn off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | decimation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | extermination |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wipeout |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | annihilator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | withering |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | decimate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wipeout |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | destroy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | expunction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wipeout |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | eradication |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wipeout |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | obliterable |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | take away |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wipeout |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | eliminate |