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Synonyms of wipe in English:

wipe


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verb

1‘Beth wiped the kitchen table with a damp cloth’

SYNONYMS
rub, clean, mop, sponge, swab
dry, polish
Scottish, Northern English dight

2‘he wiped the marks off the window’

SYNONYMS
rub off, clean off, sponge off, polish off
remove, get rid of, dispose of, take off, erase, efface

3‘they wiped up the mess’

SYNONYMS
clean up, clear up, mop up, sponge up
remove, get rid of

4‘she wiped the unpleasant memory from her mind’

SYNONYMS
obliterate, expunge, erase, blot out, remove, remove all traces of, blank out

noun

1‘Bert gave the table a final wipe’

SYNONYMS
rub, clean, mop, sponge, swab, polish

Phrases

    wipe someone out

    ‘soldiers wiped out an entire village in Lampung province’


    SYNONYMS
    destroy, annihilate, eradicate, eliminate, extirpate
    slaughter, massacre, kill, kill off, exterminate
    demolish, raze to the ground, level
    informal wipe off the face of the earth, wipe off the map, take out, liquidate, zap
    North American informal waste
    literary slay