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Definition of "wipe away" []

  • To remove or erase with a wiping motion (verb)

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Use "wipe away" in a sentence
  • "“Ye may take it all, for what I care,” said Bess the maiden, with a pettish movement, beginning to wipe away her tears and recover herself."
  • "I used a NASA-provided disinfectant to wipe away my smears and put the soiled tissue in the vacuum bag."
  • "I have never voiced my deepest fear to anyone, yet the schoolmaster draws it from me as though his unbending reason can wipe away my sin of doubt."