wipe out

anéantir, détruire

Détruire ou tuer tous les membres d’un groupe, ou presque tous.

En anglais simple : To destroy or kill all or nearly all of a group of people or things.

• The storm wiped out the village.
• Disease nearly wiped out the entire herd.
• Could one fire wipe out all these trees?

Comment l'utiliser : wipe someone/something out (The flood wiped out several villages.)

Synonymes : destroy, annihilate, obliterate

Expressions courantes : wipe out something, wipe out a town

éliminer, éradiquer

Faire disparaître totalement un problème, une situation ou une quantité.

En anglais simple : To make a problem, condition, or amount disappear completely.

• We want to wipe out hunger.
• One bad investment wiped out all her profits.
• The new treatment could wipe out the infection.

Comment l'utiliser : wipe something out (The repair costs wiped out our savings.)

Synonymes : eliminate, eradicate, remove

Expressions courantes : wipe out debt, wipe out hunger, wipe something out

effacer, supprimer

Supprimer complètement un texte écrit ou des informations enregistrées.

En anglais simple : To remove writing or stored information completely.

• The virus wiped out my files.
• Someone wiped the writing out before I could read it.
• Without a backup, a disk failure can wipe out years of work.

Comment l'utiliser : wipe something out (The error wiped out all the saved files.)

Synonymes : erase, delete

Expressions courantes : wipe out data, wipe something out

ruiner, épuiser

Faire perdre tout son argent à quelqu’un ou épuiser tout l’argent d’un compte.

En anglais simple : To cause someone to lose all their money, or use up all the money in an account.

• The bills wiped out my savings.
• The market crash wiped them out.
• Could these losses wipe out the company?

Comment l'utiliser : wipe out someone/something (The failed investment wiped out their savings.); wipe someone/something out (One bad deal wiped him out.)

Synonymes : ruin, bankrupt

Expressions courantes : wipe out savings, wipe out someone

épuiser, crever

Rendre quelqu’un extrêmement fatigué.

En anglais simple : To make someone extremely tired.

• That run wiped me out.
• Looking after three children all day wiped her out.
• Does the heat wipe you out too?

Comment l'utiliser : wipe someone out (The long journey wiped us out.)

Synonymes : exhaust, wear out, tire out

Contraires : energize

Expressions courantes : wipe someone out, wipe me out

tomber, se prendre une gamelle

Tomber ou subir un choc en faisant du surf, du skate ou un sport similaire.

En anglais simple : To fall or crash while surfing, skating, or doing a similar sport.

• Be careful or you might wipe out.
• He wiped out on a big wave.
• Have you ever wiped out while snowboarding?

Synonymes : fall, crash

Expressions courantes : wipe out surfing, wipe out badly