Definitions for wipeout

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wipeout wipe·out

Spelling: [wahyp-out]

IPA: /ˈwaɪpˌaʊt/

Wipeout is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in wipeout (eioptuw).

Definitions for wipeout

noun

1. Informal. destruction, annihilation, or murder.
2. Informal. (in sports) a decisive defeat.
3. a fall from a surfboard.
4. Slang. a total or complete failure:
5. Slang. complete physical exhaustion.

Origin of wipeout

First recorded in 1920-25; noun use of verb phrase wipe out

Examples for wipeout

The 2014 election was a wipeout, progressives say, because Democrats lacked a bold economic message to inspire voters.

If Santorum had been able to face Romney one-on-one it would have been a wipeout.

As Republicans faced their own wipeout in 2006, conservative commentators penned plenty of pieces along the same lines.