wipeout
pronunciation
How to pronounce wipeout in British English:
UK [ˈwaɪpaʊt]
How to pronounce wipeout in American English:
US [ˈwaɪpˌaʊt]
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- Noun:
- an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
- a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)
Word Origin
- wipeout (n.)
- also wipe-out, 1962, American English, surfer slang, from wipe (v.) + out. Sense of "destruction, defeat, a killing" is recorded from 1968. Verbal phrase wipe out "destroy, obliterate" is from 1610s.
Example
- 1. The cool , icy feeling was that of everette detaching , simply observing as the gunman proceeded to wipeout the people before him .
- 2. The crunchiest debates in manchester involved the survivors of labour 's southern wipeout .
- 3. Taking second preference votes into account , ms gillard 's government would face an electoral wipeout .
- 4. Anytime you work online , you risk productivity wipeout .
- 5. If the election were rerun tomorrow , no matter what the voting system , opinion polls suggest the lib dems would suffer a wipeout .