- wipe off the map
- phrasal
: to utterly destroy (as a city, a region) : annihilate
threatened a nuclear attack that would wipe the country off the map
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
wipe off the map
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wipe off the map — ► wipe off the map obliterate totally. Main Entry: ↑map … English terms dictionary
wipe off the map — wipe (somewhere) off the map to cause a place to stop existing. The flood of 1965 almost wiped the town off the map … New idioms dictionary
wipe off the map — [blow/bomb/wipe etc.] (something/swh) off the map to destroy something completely, especially with bombs. At least eight Spanish warships were blown off the map … New idioms dictionary
off the map — 1. Out of existence, esp in the phrase wipe off the map 2. Negligible 3. (of a location) remote from main thoroughfares, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑map * * * (of a place) very distant or remote just a hick town, right off the map … Useful english dictionary
wipe something off the map — wipe something off/from/the map wipe something off the face of the earth phrase to destroy something, or to make it disappear completely Some villages had been wiped from the map. Thesaurus: to make something disappear or stop existing … Useful english dictionary
wipe somewhere off the map — wipe (somewhere) off the map to cause a place to stop existing. The flood of 1965 almost wiped the town off the map … New idioms dictionary
off the map — [blow/bomb/wipe etc.] (something/swh) off the map to destroy something completely, especially with bombs. At least eight Spanish warships were blown off the map … New idioms dictionary
off the map — informal 1) far away from towns and cities It s a little town in Nebraska, right off the map. 2) completely destroyed, or no longer existing as a country, city, etc He said he had enough explosive to wipe the island off the map … English dictionary
something off the map — [blow/bomb/wipe etc.] (something/swh) off the map to destroy something completely, especially with bombs. At least eight Spanish warships were blown off the map … New idioms dictionary
swh off the map — [blow/bomb/wipe etc.] (something/swh) off the map to destroy something completely, especially with bombs. At least eight Spanish warships were blown off the map … New idioms dictionary
