wiped-out

[ wahypt-out ]

adjective

, Slang.

1. completely exhausted.
2. intoxicated; high.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wiped-out¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Out in the rest of the world, A.I. is triggering nerves — fears and even predictions of wiped-out jobs, of existential doom — and endless commentary.

From New York Times

Credit Suisse Group AG bondholders, representing $4.5 billion of the $17 billion of wiped-out Additional Tier 1 bonds of the company, have filed a lawsuit against Switzerland's banking regulator, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

From Reuters

More than 2,300 flights have been cancelled affecting 300,000 passengers, with air travel effectively wiped-out.

From BBC

Yet somehow, in a wiped-out corner of Normandy, horror and sympathy fused into the existentialism of “Waiting for Godot” and, later, culminated in the black optimism of “Happy Days.”

From New York Times

“We saw this trail of horses, and in the middle was this short guy, pitch-back hair, black eyes, just wiped-out high, undulating with the movement of the horse. I could have leaned over and touched his horse, that’s how close I was. You could not take your eyes off him. And his eyes were as big as saucers. And that was it. And then a year and a half later, the murders happen — Spahn Ranch, horse riding, Charles Manson, and all of a sudden I’m going, ‘What?!!!”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

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