wipe off the map

wipe (someone or something) off the map

To totally eliminate, eradicate, or destroy someone or something. The president vowed to wipe these terrorist scumbags off the map. Through our vaccination efforts, we've been able to wipe polio off the map.

See also: map, off, wipe

wipe (something) off the map

To obliterate something. The dictator threatened to wipe our country off the map. They believe that the course of treatment they've developed could wipe cancer off the map. Many buildings were wiped off the map during the siege.

See also: map, off, wipe

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

wipe off the map

Also, wipe off the face of the earth. Eliminate completely, as in Some day we hope to wipe malaria off the map. This idiom uses wipe in the sense of "obliterate," and map and face of the earth in the sense of "everywhere."

See also: map, off, wipe

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

wipe off the map

To destroy completely; annihilate.

See also: map, off, wipe

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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释义	wipe off the map wipe (someone or something) off the map To totally eliminate, eradicate, or destroy someone or something. The president vowed to wipe these terrorist scumbags off the map. Through our vaccination efforts, we've been able to wipe polio off the map. See also: map, off, wipe wipe (something) off the map To obliterate something. The dictator threatened to wipe our country off the map. They believe that the course of treatment they've developed could wipe cancer off the map. Many buildings were wiped off the map during the siege. See also: map, off, wipe Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. wipe off the map Also, wipe off the face of the earth. Eliminate completely, as in Some day we hope to wipe malaria off the map. This idiom uses wipe in the sense of "obliterate," and map and face of the earth in the sense of "everywhere." See also: map, off, wipe The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. wipe off the map To destroy completely; annihilate. See also: map, off, wipe American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: wipe (someone or something) off the map wipe something off the map wipe (someone or something) off the face of the earth wipe off the face of the earth wipe something off the face of the earth wipe (something) off the map take an axe to wipe wipe off wipe down
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