English-French translations for wipe

effacer
Cela reviendrait à effacer, chaque année, une ville de taille moyenne de la surface de la terre. That is the equivalent to a medium-sized town being wiped off the face of the earth every year. Il a fallu, de part et d'autre, beaucoup de courage et de lucidité, que des crises circonstancielles ne peuvent suffire à effacer. That has taken much courage and clarity of thought on both sides, which occasional crises cannot wipe out. Les efforts déployés pour effacer de la mémoire collective le triomphe contre le fascisme et abolir sa commémoration le 9 mai sont en outre révélateurs. Furthermore, the effort to wipe the anti-Fascist victory from people's memories and to abolish its anniversary on 9 May is revelatory.
essuyer
Deux euros par citoyen ne suffiront pas pour essuyer les larmes en cas de pertes aussi énormes. Two euros per citizen will not suffice to wipe away the tears when such enormous losses are incurred. Enfin, une dernière réflexion à propos du tapis: ce tapis est un accessoire utile, qui rend service; on peut même s'essuyer les pieds dessus. Lastly, one final thought about the carpet: the carpet is a useful accessory, and does us a service: people can even wipe their feet on it.

To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface.
To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by ''away'', ''off'', or ''out''
To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by ''out''
To erase
To make , by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing
To deperm (a ship
The act of wiping something
A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping
A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe
A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (''Vanellus vanellus''
To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out
An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout

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