WIPEOUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wipeout mean? 

• WIPEOUT (noun)
  The noun WIPEOUT has 2 senses:

1. an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

2. a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)

  Familiarity information: WIPEOUT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WIPEOUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

demolition; destruction; wipeout

Hypernyms ("wipeout" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wipeout"):

annihilation; disintegration (total destruction)

eradication; obliteration (the complete destruction of every trace of something)

depredation; ravage ((usually plural) a destructive action)

razing; wrecking (the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled)

ruin; ruination (an event that results in destruction)

rack; wrack (the destruction or collapse of something)

Derivation:

wipe out (kill in large numbers)

wipe out (wipe out the effect of something)

wipe out (mark for deletion, rub off, or erase)

wipe out (remove from memory or existence)

wipe out (eliminate completely and without a trace)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("wipeout" is a kind of...):

fall; spill; tumble (a sudden drop from an upright position)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)