"wipeout" meaning in English

See wipeout in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: wipeouts [plural], wipe-out [alternative], wipe out [alternative]
Etymology: Deverbal from wipe out. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|wipe out}} Deverbal from wipe out Head templates: {{en-noun}} wipeout (plural wipeouts)
  1. The act of colliding or crashing.
    Sense id: en-wipeout-en-noun-fhEaHBMD
  2. Total destruction or elimination.
    Sense id: en-wipeout-en-noun-vaoZXw-l
  3. (surfing) The act of falling off one's surfboard. Categories (topical): Surfing Translations (The action of the verb "wipe out"): разгром (razgrom) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ликвидиране (likvidirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), botsing [feminine] (Dutch), pyyhintä (Finnish), pyyhkiminen (Finnish), poispyyhkäisy (Finnish), kaatuminen (Finnish), gamelle [feminine] (French), plantage [masculine] (French), asolamiento [masculine] (Spanish), extermina (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-wipeout-en-noun-phgcuXDK Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 10 4 86 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 6 90 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 4 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 7 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 2 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 6 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 5 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 8 79 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 4 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 5 85 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing Disambiguation of 'The action of the verb "wipe out"': 15 27 58

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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