wipe out

aniquilar, arrasar

Destruir o matar a todos o casi todos los integrantes de un grupo.

En inglés sencillo: To destroy or kill all or nearly all of a group of people or things.

• The storm wiped out the village.
• Disease nearly wiped out the entire herd.
• Could one fire wipe out all these trees?

Cómo se usa: wipe someone/something out (The flood wiped out several villages.)

Sinónimos: destroy, annihilate, obliterate

Expresiones frecuentes: wipe out something, wipe out a town

eliminar, erradicar

Hacer desaparecer por completo un problema, una condición o una cantidad.

En inglés sencillo: To make a problem, condition, or amount disappear completely.

• We want to wipe out hunger.
• One bad investment wiped out all her profits.
• The new treatment could wipe out the infection.

Cómo se usa: wipe something out (The repair costs wiped out our savings.)

Sinónimos: eliminate, eradicate, remove

Expresiones frecuentes: wipe out debt, wipe out hunger, wipe something out

borrar, eliminar

Eliminar por completo un texto escrito o información guardada.

En inglés sencillo: To remove writing or stored information completely.

• The virus wiped out my files.
• Someone wiped the writing out before I could read it.
• Without a backup, a disk failure can wipe out years of work.

Cómo se usa: wipe something out (The error wiped out all the saved files.)

Sinónimos: erase, delete

Expresiones frecuentes: wipe out data, wipe something out

arruinar, agotar

Hacer que alguien pierda todo su dinero o gastar todo el dinero de una cuenta.

En inglés sencillo: To cause someone to lose all their money, or use up all the money in an account.

• The bills wiped out my savings.
• The market crash wiped them out.
• Could these losses wipe out the company?

Cómo se usa: wipe out someone/something (The failed investment wiped out their savings.); wipe someone/something out (One bad deal wiped him out.)

Sinónimos: ruin, bankrupt

Expresiones frecuentes: wipe out savings, wipe out someone

agotar, dejar exhausto

Dejar a alguien extremadamente cansado.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone extremely tired.

• That run wiped me out.
• Looking after three children all day wiped her out.
• Does the heat wipe you out too?

Cómo se usa: wipe someone out (The long journey wiped us out.)

Sinónimos: exhaust, wear out, tire out

Antónimos: energize

Expresiones frecuentes: wipe someone out, wipe me out

caerse, estrellarse

Caerse o estrellarse al hacer surf, patinar o practicar un deporte similar.

En inglés sencillo: To fall or crash while surfing, skating, or doing a similar sport.

• Be careful or you might wipe out.
• He wiped out on a big wave.
• Have you ever wiped out while snowboarding?

Sinónimos: fall, crash

Expresiones frecuentes: wipe out surfing, wipe out badly