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- noun Alternative spelling of
wipeout .
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Examples
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The sub prime mortgage wipe-out was triggered by the expiring two-year teaser rates on loans with inflated appraisals.
Martin T. Sosnoff: My S&M Relationship With Citi and Morgan Martin T. Sosnoff 2011
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Greg Benford's "Penumbra" imagines a near wipe-out by a gamma-ray burst—a scenario we know could happen.
The Future of Science Fiction Tom Shippey 2011
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I had one bad wipe-out last winter, on Lincoln southbound by the Paulina station.
Renee Patten: Bicycling Through Chicago's Winter Renee Patten 2011
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The sub prime mortgage wipe-out was triggered by the expiring two-year teaser rates on loans with inflated appraisals.
Martin T. Sosnoff: My S&M Relationship With Citi and Morgan Martin T. Sosnoff 2011
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With the seriously deteriorating situation in the financial markets in September 2008 investors fully expected a subordinated debt wipe-out at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or at the very least a massive restructuring calling for a significant haircut.
Raymond J. Learsy: Did Pimco Play a Role In S&P's Downgrade of U.S.Debt Raymond J. Learsy 2011
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I had one bad wipe-out last winter, on Lincoln southbound by the Paulina station.
Renee Patten: Bicycling Through Chicago's Winter Renee Patten 2011
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The draft called for "drastic monetary easing" to prevent Japan from facing "wipe-out deflation."
Yen Tumbles Amid Pressure on BOJ Nicholas Hastings 2010
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Portugal looked languid until a wipe-out of North Korea.
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But if I remember rightly, it was a complete wipe-out.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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He lost it on stage two, the victim of a mass wipe-out, but not before the Gazzetta dello Sport had called him "a winner on the bike and in words".
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