Wipeout (Noun)
Meaning 1
A spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Examples
- The tsunami resulted in a wipeout of the entire coastal town, leaving nothing but debris in its wake.
- The company's stock price suffered a complete wipeout after the scandal was made public, losing over 90% of its value in a single day.
- The wildfire was a devastating wipeout of the forest ecosystem, taking months to recover from the damage.
- The hurricane was a catastrophic wipeout of the island's infrastructure, leaving thousands without access to basic necessities.
- The failed IPO was a financial wipeout for the investors, who lost millions of dollars in the venture.
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Hyponyms
- Depredation
- Annihilation
- Wrack
- Wrecking
- Ruination
- Disintegration
- Obliteration
- Razing
- Ruin
- Eradication
- Ravage
- Rack