wipe out

annientare, distruggere

Distruggere o uccidere tutti o quasi tutti i membri di un gruppo.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: wipe someone/something out (The flood wiped out several villages.)

Sinonimi: destroy, annihilate, obliterate

Espressioni comuni: wipe out something, wipe out a town

eliminare, sradicare

Far scomparire del tutto un problema, una condizione o una quantità.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: wipe something out (The repair costs wiped out our savings.)

Sinonimi: eliminate, eradicate, remove

Espressioni comuni: wipe out debt, wipe out hunger, wipe something out

cancellare, eliminare

Eliminare completamente un testo scritto o informazioni memorizzate.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: wipe something out (The error wiped out all the saved files.)

Sinonimi: erase, delete

Espressioni comuni: wipe out data, wipe something out

mandare in rovina, esaurire

Far perdere a qualcuno tutto il denaro o esaurire tutti i soldi di un conto.

In inglese semplice: 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?

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

Sinonimi: ruin, bankrupt

Espressioni comuni: wipe out savings, wipe out someone

sfinire, stancare molto

Rendere qualcuno estremamente stanco.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: wipe someone out (The long journey wiped us out.)

Sinonimi: exhaust, wear out, tire out

Contrari: energize

Espressioni comuni: wipe someone out, wipe me out

cadere, schiantarsi

Cadere o schiantarsi facendo surf, pattinando o praticando uno sport simile.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Sinonimi: fall, crash

Espressioni comuni: wipe out surfing, wipe out badly