virtually wipe out

Frequency: 7.211.0 per million words

To destroy or remove nearly all of something, with the same effect as being completely gone.

wipeADVERB + wipe out

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Examples (10)

  • The regiment was virtually wiped out in the first battle.
  • The new disease threatened to virtually wipe out the entire population of bats.
  • Decades of overfishing have virtually wiped out several species of marine life.
  • A sudden change in climate could virtually wipe out many delicate ecosystems.
  • The company's poor financial decisions virtually wiped out their savings.
  • Modern medicine has virtually wiped out many diseases that were once deadly.
  • Heavy rains and floods virtually wiped out the entire harvest this year.
  • If we don't act now, pollution will virtually wipe out the coral reefs.
  • The economic crisis virtually wiped out the middle class in that region.
  • Technological advancements aim to virtually wipe out manual labor in certain industries.