wipe out

wipe out
transitive verb
1) (clean) auswischen
2) (remove) wegwischen; (erase) auslöschen
3) (cancel) tilgen; zunichte machen [Vorteil, Gewinn usw.]
4) (destroy, abolish) ausrotten [Rasse, Tierart, Feinde]; ausmerzen [Seuche, Korruption, Terrorismus]
5) (coll.): (murder) aus dem Weg räumen
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1) (to clean the inside of (a bowl etc) with a cloth etc.) auswischen
2) (to remove; to get rid of: You must try to wipe out the memory of these terrible events.) löschen
3) (to destroy completely: They wiped out the whole regiment in one battle.) ausradieren
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wipe out
I. vt
1. (clean inside of)
to \wipe out out ⇆ sth etw auswischen
2. (destroy)
to \wipe out out ⇆ sth etw auslöschen geh
water pollution \wipe outd out all the fish in the river die Gewässerverschmutzung vergiftete alle Fische im Fluss
how can we \wipe out out world poverty? wie können wir die Armut in der Welt beseitigen?
to \wipe out out one's debts seine Schulden tilgen
to \wipe out out a disease eine Krankheit ausrotten
to \wipe out out sb's profits jds Gewinne zunichtemachen
to \wipe out out sb's savings jdn um seine [gesamten] Ersparnisse bringen
3. (sl: murder)
to \wipe out out ⇆ sb jdn beseitigen [o verschwinden lassen] fam
4. esp AM, AUS (fam: tire out)
to \wipe out out ⇆ sb jdn schlauchen [o fam fix und fertig machen
5. (fam: take all sb's money)
to \wipe out out ⇆ sb jdn an den Bettelstab bringen
II. vi esp AM, AUS (fam: have accident) einen Unfall bauen fam; SPORT hinfliegen fam
to \wipe out out on a bend aus der Kurve getragen werden
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vt sep
1) (= clean) bath, bowl auswischen
2) (= erase) memory, part of brain, sth on blackboard (aus)löschen; guilty feelings verschwinden lassen
3) (= cancel) debt bereinigen; gain, benefit zunichtemachen
4) (= destroy) disease, village, race ausrotten; enemy, battalion aufreiben
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wipe out v/t
1. ein Gefäß auswischen
2. wegwischen, (aus)löschen, tilgen (auch fig):
wipe out a disgrace einen Schandfleck tilgen, eine Scharte auswetzen;
wipe sth out of one’s memory (oder mind) etwas aus dem Gedächtnis löschen
3. Gewinn etc zunichtemachen
4. eine Armee, Stadt etc ausradieren fig, eine Rasse etc ausrotten
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transitive verb
1) (clean) auswischen
2) (remove) wegwischen; (erase) auslöschen
3) (cancel) tilgen; zunichte machen [Vorteil, Gewinn usw.]
4) (destroy, abolish) ausrotten [Rasse, Tierart, Feinde]; ausmerzen [Seuche, Korruption, Terrorismus]
5) (coll.): (murder) aus dem Weg räumen
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v.
ausmerzen v.
ausrotten v.
auswischen v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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