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wipe off

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wipe off (third-person singular simple presentwipes off,present participlewiping off,simple past and past participlewiped off)

(transitive, literally) Toremove (something such as dirt) bywiping.
Coordinate terms:wipe away,wipe up
wipe a pictureoff the board
wipe wateroff the windscreen
(transitive, literally) Toclean (something), removing any dirt from it, bywiping it.
Coordinate term:wipe down
wipe off the countertop
The countertop is dirty. Pleasewipe itoff.
(transitive, figuratively) Todestroy completely, leaving no trace.
Coordinate term:wipe out
Wipe that smileoff your face!
wipe a speciesoff the planet Earth
Wipe his dataoff the computer.
Global warming couldwipe some coastal areasoff the map.

remove by wiping

destroy, leaving no trace

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