wipe (away/out) துடை tuṭai (toḍe) (6b tr) subject s.t. to light rubbing or friction; rub, swab; mop up, clean up, absorb, sop up
Usage:
காப்பி கொட்டின இடத்தைத் துணியால் துடைத்தேன் kāppi koṭṭiṉa iṭattait tuṇiyāl tuṭaittēṉ kaappi koṭṭina eḍatte tuṇiyaale toḍecceen I wiped the place where the coffee had spilled.
நாசப்படுத்து nācappaṭuttu (naasappaḍuttu) (3 tr) lay waste; destroy, devastate; undo; damage; blot out; efface; demolish, knock down, pull or tear down, level, raze, fell, dismantle, wreck, smash, shatter, crash, blow up, blow to bits, explode, annihilate, slaughter, butcher, massacre
Usage:
கடல்கோள் குடிசைகளை நாசப்படுத்தியது kaṭalkōḷ kuṭicaikaḷai nācappaṭuttiyatu kaḍalkooḷ kuḍiseyellaam naasappaḍutticcu The tsunami just wiped out all the huts.
அழிந்துபோ aḻintupō (aḻinjupoo) (3b intr) vanish away; become extinct; be effaced, annihilated, destroyed, defeated; be eradicated, exterminated, killed, put to death, dispatched; be slaughtered, butchered, massacred, eliminated, murdered, assassinated, decimated
Usage:
அந்த ஊரில் வாழ்ந்த மக்கள் போலியோ நோயால் அழிந்துபோனார்கள் anta ūril vāḻnta makkaḷ pōliyō nōyāl aḻintupōṉārkaḷ anda uurle irunda jananga pooliyoo nooyaale aḻinjupoonaanga The population of that town was wiped out by polio.