wipe out (someone/something)

1. to destroy someone or something.

We were ordered to wipe out a small enemy force hiding in the village.

The floods wiped whole villages out.

2. to cause someone to lose or spend all their money.

My neighbor was totally wiped out by the last recession.

A night out with Paul and Michelle just about wiped us out.

• a culture shock
• a culture vulture
• a curate's egg
• a cut above
• a cut above someone
• a cut above something
• a damp squib
• a dark horse
• a day late and a dollar short
• add fuel to the fire
• add fuel to the flames
• add insult to injury
• add up
• add up to
• add up to something
• a dead duck
• a dead end
• a dead letter
• a dead ringer for
• a dead ringer for someone
• a dead ringer for something
• a dead weight
• a Dear John letter
• a death blow
• a death trap