-Tony: The city of Pasadena was wiped out. Just a few minutes ago. This is coming in live From Coachella Valley near Joshua Tree.
Pasadena城沉没了，就在几分钟前。这是Coachella谷地，Joshua之树旁的。一个幸存者发来的。
That huge canyon, it was there this morning. And 100 miles further north, for the west, same thing.
canyon: 峡谷
这个谷底今早在这里，而现在移动到西北100英里了。——《2012世界末日》

wipe out: 消灭，彻底摧毁
Most diseases could be wiped out.
大多数疾病是可以被消灭的。
Only in this way can we wipe out the enemy troops.
只有用这样的方法我们才能消灭敌军。

这个词组的意思接近于exterminate（消灭，根绝）
This spray will exterminate the termites.
这种喷剂能消灭白蚁。
We must exterminate every mistake.
我们必须消除一切错误。