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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Things could be better, which goes without saying in the aftermath of a flu pandemic that has wiped out most of the planet’s human population, but the four principals here could also be dead, so there’s that. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 There were shorter absences for core, ankle and adductor issues over the year, but a hamstring problem, which wiped out December and January, was the decisive blow. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Minnesota civil rights activists, separate from Bryant, organized a national Target boycott, resulting in a 33% fall in the corporation’s stock prices and wiped out over $20 billion in market value. — Nancy Jiang, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 More than two weeks after violent storms wiped out power to thousands of customers, the lights and air conditioners were finally back on Wednesday for almost all residents of Gary, Indiana. — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 26 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 29 Aug. 2026.

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