Object

• slate: The new headteacher thought wisely to wipe the slate clean.

• tear: Who is going to wipe the tears of the innocent children?

• smirk: But a couple of startling strikes from Martin Carruthers and Steve Torpey inside nine first-half minutes wiped the smirks off Swansea faces.

• grin: The_Oldie Dec 5 2005, 05:54 PM There are going to be a lot of smug grins wiped off the faces of EAs.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

• clean: The new headteacher thought wisely to wipe the slate clean.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• off: Lightly massage over the skin, then wipe off with a tissue or rinse with water.

• away: It's not for us to promise the New Jerusalem or to promise to wipe away all the tears.

Followed by a transitive particle

• off: Wipe off any surplus stain between coats with a soft brush or tissue.

Particle object: out_obj

• dinosaur: Why did God even need to wipe out dinosaurs?

• malaria: This contrasts with parts of Europe, which had the resources to wipe out malaria in the 1950s.

• colony: Diseases: The number of bumblebees has also been reduced by deadly diseases which can wipe out entire colonies.

Particle object: up_obj

• spill: Wipe up all spills immediately, particularly juice or wine.

Preposition: with

• cloth: To control the cleaning result, wipe finally with a white cloth.