wiped out

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adjective

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slang : intoxicated entry 1, high
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: extremely tired : exhausted entry 1

wiped out

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past tense and past participle of wipe out

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Adjective I am completely wiped out. felt wiped out for several weeks after getting the flu
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In 2025, as the new administration and friendly courts wiped out the Biden administration’s pro-trans policies, Moulton basically quit talking about the issue. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026 But human colonization several hundred years ago introduced predators such as cats and rats that wiped out most of the kakapo. — Adela Suliman, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026 Torrents of water wiped out footbridges over Bright Angel Creek that runs into the Colorado River, widening the bed and extending an existing river rapid or creating a new one. — Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 From a fiscal showdown over Sacramento City Unified to a fire that wiped out a decades-old video game collection, plenty happened around the region this weekend. — Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for wiped out

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First Known Use

Adjective

1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of wiped out was in 1965

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“Wiped out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiped%20out. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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