wipe out

verb7

1. •
   To destroy (especially, a large number or complete set of people or things); to obliterate.

   • Darth Sidious: Wipe them out. All of them. — 1999
2. •
   To physically erase (writing, computer data, etc.).

   • nearly a year's worth of database records wiped out by disk failure coupled with lack of backups
3. •
   To do away with; to cause to disappear.
4. •
   To crash; to fall over or fall off (especially in board sports such as surfing, skateboarding, etc.).

   • shot into the half-pipe but then wiped out
   • A massive wave caused him to wipe out.
5. •
   To knock (a surfer) off their board.

   • A massive wave wiped him out.
6. •
   (informal) To bankrupt (a person or company); to empty (a bank account); to erase (a bank balance).

   • They tried hard to hang on, but the Great Depression wiped them out.
   • Unexpected big-ticket expenses wiped out his bank balance.
7. •
   (informal) To exhaust (someone); to tire (them) out.

   • An hour of snow shoveling kind of wiped me out more than I expected.