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squad wipe

/skwɒd waɪp/

Very Common

Killing every member of an enemy team in one coordinated engagement.

Tone shifts with context. Can be celebratory, matter-of-fact, or trash talk depending on delivery. Also used sarcastically when your own team gets wiped.

Real-world examples4 examples
#ExampleWhat it meansSource
01squad wipe let's go, rotate nowThe enemy team is eliminated, now move to the next objective.youtube, 2023
02we got squad wiped by a three stack in the first circleThe team was fully eliminated early by a coordinated group.tiktok, 2024
03waited for them to finish fighting then walked in for a free squad wipeThe player third-partied two teams and cleaned up the weakened survivors.reddit, 2023
04fastest squad wipe of my life, they didn't even shoot backThe enemy team was eliminated almost instantly.x, 2024

Use it when

  • Your team eliminated every player on an opposing squad.
  • Calling out during a fight that the enemy team is almost fully down.
  • Reacting after a clean team fight with no survivors on the other side.
  • Describing the outcome of a third-party that cleaned up both other teams.

Do not use it when

  • You only killed one or two members and the rest escaped.
  • You knocked everyone but nobody got eliminated.

Variations and related forms

full squad wipe

Emphatic version emphasizing no survivors.

wipe the squad

Verb form meaning to achieve a squad wipe.

Origin and context

Emerged from battle royale and team shooter communities, particularly around the rise of Fortnite and Apex Legends in the late 2010s. The term made the kill-feed language of squad-based games feel like a distinct event worth calling out.

First seen
late-2010s
Confidence
medium

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Updated: 2026-08-29License: CC BY 4.0

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