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English to English verb
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use up (resources or materials) |  | Example: this car consumes a lot of gas
We exhausted our savings
They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
source: wordnet30
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kill in large numbers | | Example: the plague wiped out an entire population
source: wordnet30
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eliminate completely and without a trace | | Example: The old values have been wiped out
source: wordnet30
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remove from memory or existence | | Example: The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915
source: wordnet30
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mark for deletion, rub off, or erase | | Example: kill these lines in the President's speech
source: wordnet30
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wipe out the effect of something | | Example: The new tax effectively cancels out my raise
The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record
source: wordnet30
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