What does "wipe out" mean?

To eliminate financially To cause someone to lose all their money.

How do you use "wipe out" in a sentence?

The crash wiped me out. They were wiped out by the recession. One bad investment wiped him out.

Phrasal Verb BritishAmericanAustralian ★★★★☆ Common informal

Meaning: To eliminate financially

使倾家荡产、使破产

Arruinar, dejar en la ruina

破産させる、一文無しにする

파산시키다, 빈털터리로 만들다

To cause someone to lose all their money.

导致某人失去全部财产。

Hacer que alguien pierda todo su dinero.

誰かに全財産を失わせること。

누군가의 돈을 모두 잃게 만드는 것.

Base verb: wipe

Particle: out

Separable: Yes — the object can go between the verb and particle

The crash wiped me out.
那次崩盘让我倾家荡产
El desplome me arruinó
暴落で一文無しになった
폭락으로 빈털터리가 됐다
They were wiped out by the recession.
他们在经济衰退中破产了
Quedaron arruinados por la recesión
彼らは不況で破産した
그들은 불황으로 파산했다
One bad investment wiped him out.
一次失败的投资让他血本无归
Una mala inversión lo arruinó
一つの失敗した投資で彼は全財産を失った
한 번의 잘못된 투자로 그는 전 재산을 잃었다

Context: loss, bankruptcy, disaster

Tone: devastating

From wiping clean.

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal