wipe out
wipe out(
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)A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g. Take out the trash.).
1. (to cancel)
a. liquidar (a debt or deficit)
The lottery win enabled the family to wipe out all their debts in one fell swoop.Al ganar la lotería, la familia pudo liquidar todas sus deudas de un plumazo.
b. eliminar (an advantage or disadvantage)
The oppostion leader declared that putting an end to corruption would wipe out all the country's problems.El líder de la oposición declaró que poner fin a la corrupción eliminaría todos los problemas del país.
c. hacer perder (the lead)
A concerted enemy offensive in April wiped out all the gains made by our troops in the preceding months.En abril, una ofensiva enemiga coordinada hizo que nuestras tropas perdieran todas las posiciones ganadas en meses anteriores.
2. (to destroy completely)
Over-hunting virtually wiped out the American buffalo in the 19th century.En el siglo XIX, la práctica de la caza llevada al exceso estuvo a punto de exterminar el bisonte americano.
b. erradicar
The vaccination campaign succeeded in wiping out smallpox.La campaña de vacunación consiguió erradicar la viruela.
c. aniquilar
The invading army wiped out all those who got in its way.El ejército invasor aniquiló a todo aquel que se interpuso en su camino.
d. acabar con
The regime used the secret police to wipe out all political opposition.El régimen recurrió a la policía secreta para acabar con toda oposición política que pudiera haber.
e. hacer desaparecer
Contagious European diseases wiped out many indigenous populations in the Americas.Las enfermedades contagiosas traídas de Europa hicieron desaparecer muchas poblaciones indígenas en América.
3. (to remove)
a. borrar
The teacher asked one of her students to wipe out all she had written on the board.La profesora pidió a uno de sus alumnos que borrara todo lo que había escrito en la pizarra.
4. (computing)
a. borrar
I pressed the wrong key and wiped out all the data I'd entered.Me equivoqué de tecla y borré todos los datos que había metido.
5. (to erase from memory)
a. borrar
He was determined to wipe out the memory of last year's championship defeat, and start afresh.Estaba resuelto a borrar el recuerdo de su derrota del año anterior y empezar de nuevo.
6. (to clean)
a. limpiar
Wipe out the saucepan and add some more olive oil.Limpia la cacerola y vuelve a añadir aceite de oliva.
7. (colloquial) (to defeat)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. derrotar
The last time we played them, they wiped us out 18-2.La última vez que jugamos con ellos, nos derrotaron 18-2.
8. (colloquial) (to exhaust)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. dejar hecho polvo (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
The 500 meter ascent, on top of the 18 kilometers I'd already walked, wiped me out.La subida de 500 metros, añadida a los 18 kilómetros que ya había caminado, me dejó hecha polvo.
9. (colloquial) (to kill)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. liquidar (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
We'd had orders to wipe out certain members of a rival gang.Habíamos recibido órdenes de liquidar a ciertos miembros de una pandilla rival.
b. borrar del mapa (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
I was so mad, if I'd had a gun I would have wiped him out.Estaba tan furioso que, si llego a tener una pistola, lo borro del mapa.
An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g. Everybody please stand up.).
10. (colloquial) (to lose one's balance) (United States)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in the United States
a. caerse
The surfer wiped out, and the waves sent her and her board hurtling towards the shore.La surfera se cayó, y las olas las lanzaron a ella y a su tabla hacia la orilla.
b. darse un batacazo (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
I wiped out trying to avoid another snowboarder.Me di un batacazo tratando de esquivar a otro snowboarder.
wipe outtransitive verb phrase
A transitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and requires a direct object (e.g. Take out the trash.).
1. (erase; memory)
a. borrar
2. (debt)
a. saldar
3. (destroy; family, species)
a. hacer desaparecer
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