"wipeout" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wipeouts [plural]
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, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English deverbals: 12 6 82 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 7 89 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 10 84 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing Disambiguation of 'The action of the verb "wipe out"': 15 27 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wipe-out, wipe out (english: nonstandard spelling but widespread)

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