wipeout: Meaning and Definition of

wipe•out

Pronunciation: (wīp'out"), [key]
— n.
  1. destruction, annihilation, or murder.
  2. (in sports)a decisive defeat.
  3. a fall from a surfboard.
  4. a total or complete failure: to suffer a wipeout in the stock market.
  5. complete physical exhaustion.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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