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wipe (something) off the map wipe (something) off the mapTo obliterate something. The dictator threatened to wipe our country off the map. They believe that the course of treatment they've developed could wipe cancer off the map. Many buildings were wiped off the map during the siege.See also: map, off, wipewipe off the mapAlso, wipe off the face of the earth. Eliminate completely, as in Some day we hope to wipe malaria off the map. This idiom uses wipe in the sense of "obliterate," and map and face of the earth in the sense of "everywhere." See also: map, off, wipewipe something off the map obliterate something totally.See also: map, off, something, wipe wipe off the map To destroy completely; annihilate.See also: map, off, wipe |