zeroed out

Reduced to nothing

Zeroed out describes something reduced to zero or eliminated entirely.

Bank accounts get zeroed out when drained of funds.

In computing, memory is zeroed out when cleared.

The phrase often implies deliberate erasure or complete depletion: My savings got zeroed out after the medical bills.

To zero out a budget line is to eliminate it.

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nullified · wiped · wiped clean · voided · empty · debt-free · gone · running on empty · balanced · blank · flatlined · negated · reconciled · balance due · overwritten · numb · paid off · nil

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quantity/value

zeroed outmaxed out

Reached upper limit

filled up · topped off · at capacity · replenished · restored

completeness of reduction

zeroed outtrimmed

Cut to neaten

cut back · scaled down · nicked · dented

financial/resource state

zeroed outin the black

Operating at profit

topped up · replenished · solvent · bankrolled · funded

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