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wiping out

noun as in erasure

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A Colombian coffee plantation teaches a valuable lesson in the fight to keep a dreaded disease from wiping out our favorite brew.

In addition to wiping out extra tests, UWF wants to see more accommodations for female firefighters in firehouses.

Wiping out one rebel group, however, is just a small step on the path toward peace.

A mega-draught could devastate India, wiping out the farms that country needs to feed its rapidly growing population.

When Barclays announced the fines last Thursday, its shares dropped 17 percent, wiping out almost $5.8 billion in value.

The Hoopers resolved to begin the new year by wiping out their enemies, root and branch.

The job of wiping out these troublesome whites had been sublet, and they wasted no further anxiety over the affair.

It should be carefully remembered, however, that the task of wiping out Ku Kluxism will not be an easy matter.

We hear occasionally of the impossibility of wiping out the traces of flagrant crimes.

Every man of them pledged his life to wiping out the insult to their leader and god, and to their shrine.

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On this page you'll find 98 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wipe out, such as: abolish, annihilate, cancel, decimate, eliminate, and eradicate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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