WIPEOUT Definition & Meaning

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wipeout

or wipe-out

[ wahyp-out ]

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noun

Informal. destruction, annihilation, or murder.
Informal. (in sports) a decisive defeat.
a fall from a surfboard.
Slang. a total or complete failure:
to suffer a wipeout in the stock market.
Slang. complete physical exhaustion.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of wipeout¹

First recorded in 1920–25; noun use of verb phrase wipe out

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One Welsh polling expert said the party was looking at two seats in an expanded 96-seat Senedd, but could just as easily face a wipeout.

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He was back on the campaign trail as his party suffered one of the worst electoral reverses in its history - a result he says could have easily been a wipeout.

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That was the Rams’ lost season, the worst Super Bowl hangover in NFL history, that had begun with a 31-10 wipeout by the Bills and featured Stafford getting mauled seven times for sacks.

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This wipeout is not yet as spectacular as the stunning crush of two Octobers ago, but give it time.

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It’s been a tough time for the Tories after a Welsh wipeout at the general election.

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