wipe out in WordNet English dictionary

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

wipe out in English Wiktionary