Main entry: carry off, wipe out, extinguish, eliminate, eradicate, decimate, annihilate
Definition: kill in large numbers
Usage: the plague wiped out an entire population
Main entry: cancel out, wipe out
Definition: wipe out the effect of something
Usage: The new tax effectively cancels out my raise; The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record
Main entry: wipe out, obliterate, kill
Definition: mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
Usage: kill these lines in the President's speech
Definition: remove from memory or existence
Usage: The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
Main entry: consume, eat, eat up, deplete, run through, wipe out, use up, exhaust
Definition: use up (resources or materials)
Usage: this car consumes a lot of gas; We exhausted our savings; They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
Main entry: sweep away, wipe out
Definition: eliminate completely and without a trace
Usage: The old values have been wiped out