wipe off the face of the earth



wipe someone or something off the face of the earth

Fig. to demolish every trace of someone or something. A great storm will come and wipe all the people off the face of the earth. The wind blew my old barn off the face of the earth! Nothing was left.
See also: earth, face, of, off, wipe

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jalila-Arabic
Lauren['lɔ:rən]
CelioCHE-lyo (Italian), THE-lyo (Spanish), SE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), SE-lyoo (Portuguese)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
LishaLISH-əEnglish
Batya-Hebrew
Kajetankah-YE-tahnPolish