wipe out
Example Sentences
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The three-year-old company is jumping into an AI arms race that has the potential to wipe out jobs across Wall Street while possibly supercharging others.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
State revenue from income tax collection is higher than initially forecast, a boon that is expected to wipe out a projected deficit in the year ahead.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
He said salmon numbers have been declining "rapidly" in the past two decades and pollution like this has "the potential to wipe out" salmon stocks on the River Mourne.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
The Cylons are fundamentalist, monotheistic zealots who wipe out nearly all of humankind, making them apt representations of all kinds of real-world threats.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
The instructor collected the papers, brought out a clay-colored eraser, and began to wipe out some of the answers and to shade in others.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
