wipe out

verb

1. 1

   kill in large numbers

   the plague wiped out an entire population

2. 2

   wipe out the effect of something

   The new tax effectively cancels out my raise

   The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record

3. 3

   mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

   kill these lines in the President's speech

4. 4

   remove from memory or existence

   The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915

5. 5

   use up (resources or materials)

   this car consumes a lot of gas

   We exhausted our savings

6. 6

   eliminate completely and without a trace

   The old values have been wiped out