əˈnaɪə.leɪt ˈdɛ.sɪ.meɪt ˈdɛ.sə.meɪt ɪˈlɪməneɪt ɪˈɹæd.ɪ.keɪt ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ ˈmænɪdʒ kill in large numbers the plague wiped out an entire population remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands The car carried us off to the meeting I'll take you away on a holiday I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry be successful; achieve a goal I managed to carry the box upstairs She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it The pianist negociated the difficult runs