When the Islamic State terror group swept across northern Iraq in 2014, they tried to wipe out the Yazidi people, a minority ethnic group that had lived in the mountains for millennia. Thousands of men were killed, and women and girls were forcibly enslaved. The ancient Yazidi culture was at risk of being eradicated.

Algeria needs to wipe out the culture of corruption.

Iran could wipe out many nations in the Middle East and it's almost impossible to obliterate with conventional weapons. Therefore, you'd better not mess with it.

Sami wished he could wipe out those years of his life.

The wicked Haman tried to wipe out all of the Jews in the kingdom of Persia.

At this time, we should wipe out crime and collusion.

The American government has recently been on a crusade to wipe out drug trafficking.

Thousands of wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest threaten to wipe out large parts of a vital and irreplaceable ecosystem.

By demolishing buildings of bygone times, we wipe out every trace of the past forever.

The government promised to wipe out poverty.