also wipe-out, 1962, American English, surfer slang, from wipe (v.) + out. Sense of "destruction, defeat, a killing" is recorded from 1968. Verbal phrase wipe out "destroy, obliterate" is from 1610s.
winter
wintergreen
winterize
wintry
wipe
wipeout
wiper
wire
wired
wiredraw
wiregrass