wipeoutとは意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

wipeout (複数形 wipeouts)

1. The act of colliding or crashing.

   The skateboarder had a nasty wipeout as she came off the ramp.

2. Total destruction or elimination.

   The wipeout of this industry could be catastrophic.

動詞

wipe out (三人称単数 現在形 wipes out, 現在分詞 wiping out, 過去形および過去分詞形 wiped out)

1. (idiomatic) To destroy (especially, a large number of people または things); to obliterate.
   • 1999, “Episode I: The Phantom Menace”, in Star Wars:

     Darth Sidious: Wipe them out. All of them.

2. To physically erase something written.
3. To do away with; to cause to disappear.
   • 2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     The leftist Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who had dominated headlines in recent weeks with rousing open-air rallies against capitalism, took about 11% and failed in his ultimate aim of beating Le Pen and wiping out the extreme right.

4. (intransitive) To crash, fall over (especially in board sports such as surfing, skateboarding, etc.).

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:destroy