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wipe out, v.
freq. cnt. 2

kill in large numbers
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annihilate carry off decimate eliminate eradicate extinguish wipe out

sample sentences

"the plague wiped out an entire population"

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annihilative annihilation annihilation annihilator

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hypernym

verb group

use up (resources or materials)
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

consume deplete eat eat up exhaust run through use up wipe out

sample sentences

"this car consumes a lot of gas"
"We exhausted our savings"
"They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

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They %s more bread

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They %s more bread

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They %s him of all his money

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consumable consumptive

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depletion depletion

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hyponym

run out drain indulge, luxuriate burn off, burn, burn up spend exhaust, sap, run down, play out, tire

hypernym

spend, expend, drop

verb group

take, occupy, use up

wipe out the effect of something
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

cancel out wipe out

sample sentences

"The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"
"The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record"

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eliminate, get rid of, do away with, extinguish

mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
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kill obliterate wipe out

sample sentences

"kill these lines in the President's speech"

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obliterable obliteration

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take away, take out

remove from memory or existence
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erase wipe out

sample sentences

"The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"

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eliminate completely and without a trace
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sweep away wipe out

sample sentences

"The old values have been wiped out"

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destroy, destruct