The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WIPED
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What does WIPED mean?
WIPED verb- To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
- 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 (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), 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 remove an expression from one's face.
- To deperm (a ship).
- To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.