Wipe (verb)

1. To clean or dry (something) by rubbing its surface with a cloth, a piece of paper, or one's hand.
2. To remove or erase (something) completely.

Origin:

From middle english wipen, from old english wīpan, from proto-germanic *wīpaną ("to wipe"), from proto-indo-european *weip- ("to wip.e")

Examples:

1. She wiped the counter with a damp cloth.
2. He wiped the sweat from his brow.
3. She wiped the tears from her eyes.
4. The rain wiped out the tracks in the snow.
5. The computer virus wiped all the data from the hard drive.