How words are described
| single | single stroke | single wipe |
| powerful | powerful stroke | powerful wipe |
| bad | bad stroke | bad wipe |
| horizontal | horizontal stroke | horizontal wipe |
| Other adjectives: quick, major, final, efficient. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In practice, they were a fearsomely efficient way to wipe out the entire young male population of a town in a single stroke.
Source: Everybody's Dead, Dave -
In Back at the Barnyard, Pig was so bad at golf, when he had to replace Otis during a game, he managed to wipe out Otis's 300 stroke lead.
Source: Epic Fail / Western Animation - With practice, it was a simple matter to lure large amounts of enemies into the area of one, weaken them with chain attacks, then clear out, drop a cash- or experience-doubling Skill, wipe them all out with one blast/stroke, and do this with multiple groups in the same turn.
Source: Game Breaker / Super Robot Wars
Cite this Source
Wipe and Stroke. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/stroke/wipe
Stroke & Wipe. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/stroke/wipe>.
Wipe or Stroke. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/stroke/wipe.
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