Destroyer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One that destroys: a destroyer of family unity; a destroyer of our environment.
  • n. A small, fast, highly maneuverable warship armed with guns, torpedoes, depth charges, and guided missiles.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. That which destroys something.
  • n. A small, fast warship with light armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
  • n. a small fast warship used primarily as an escort to larger vessels and typically armed with a combination of 5-inch guns, torpedos, depth charges, and missiles; formerly identical to the Torpedo-boat destroyer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which destroys; one who or that which kills, ruins, or makes desolate.
  • n. Specifically, a torpedo-boat destroyer. See torpedo-boat.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
  • n. a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
  • Variant
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    destructor    ruin    demolisher    razer    biblioclast    iconoclast    Vandal   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Sawyer    boyer    coyer    employer    foyer    lawyer    multiemployer    oyer    sawyer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cruiser    frigate    submarine    gunboat    bomber    fighter    oppressor    pirate    carrier    conqueror