wipe out

全滅させる、壊滅させる

人や物の集団の全部、またはほぼ全部を破壊したり殺したりする。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： wipe someone/something out (The flood wiped out several villages.)

類義語： destroy, annihilate, obliterate

よく使う表現： wipe out something, wipe out a town

なくす、根絶する

問題や状態、ある量をすっかりなくす。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： wipe something out (The repair costs wiped out our savings.)

類義語： eliminate, eradicate, remove

よく使う表現： wipe out debt, wipe out hunger, wipe something out

消去する、削除する

書かれた文字や保存された情報を完全に消す。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： wipe something out (The error wiped out all the saved files.)

類義語： erase, delete

よく使う表現： wipe out data, wipe something out

破産させる、使い果たす

誰かの全財産を失わせる、または口座のお金をすべて使い果たす。

やさしい英語で： 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?

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

類義語： ruin, bankrupt

よく使う表現： wipe out savings, wipe out someone

疲れ果てさせる、へとへとにする

誰かをひどく疲れさせて、へとへとにする。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： wipe someone out (The long journey wiped us out.)

類義語： exhaust, wear out, tire out

反対語： energize

よく使う表現： wipe someone out, wipe me out

転倒する、こける

サーフィンやスケートなどで転んだり、衝突したりする。

やさしい英語で： 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?

類義語： fall, crash

よく使う表現： wipe out surfing, wipe out badly