destroyer
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destroyer
- /dəˈstɹɔɪ.ɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English destroyour, destroyere; By surface analysis, destroy + -er. Designating a warship, it is ellipsis of torpedo-boat destroyer, the longer term appearing at the end of the 19th century and the shorter form early in the 20th.
noun destroyers
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That which destroys something.
But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.
Similar: devastator, decimator
- A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
- A larger warship with guided missile armament, usually intended for air defence or anti-ship roles. Often, but not always, larger than a frigate and smaller than a cruiser.
- A starship of comparable role.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ruiner, destruction, ravaging, destructive, devastated, destroyed, damaged, devastating, warship, frigate, ship, vessel, uss, escorts, ravager, obliterator
Translations
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noun type of warship
| Español | destructor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 구축함 guchukham |
| 日本語 | 駆逐艦 kuchikukan |
| 中文 | 驅逐艦 /驱逐舰 qūzhújiàn |
| Português | contratorpedeiro |
| Français | destroyer, contre-torpilleur |
| Deutsch | Zerstörer |
| Italiano | cacciatorpediniere |
| Ελληνικά | αντιτορπιλικό antitorpilikó |
| Русский | эска́дренный миноно́сец eskádrennyj minonósec, эсми́нец esmínec |
| Tiếng Việt | tàu khu trục, khu trục hạm |
| עברית | מַשְׁחֶתֶת mashkhetet |
noun that who/which destroys
| Español | destructor, destruidor |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 파괴자 pagoeja |
| 日本語 | 破壊者 hakaisha |
| हिन्दी | नाशक nāśak, विनाशक vināśak |
| Português | destruidor |
| Français | destructeur, destructrice |
| Deutsch | Zerstörer, Zerstörerin, Vernichter, Vernichterin |
| Italiano | distruttore, distruttrice |
| Ελληνικά | καταστροφέας katastroféas, αφανιστής afanistís, εξολοθρευτής exolothreftís |
| Русский | разруши́тель razrušítelʹ, разруши́тельница razrušítelʹnica, уничтожи́тель uničtožítelʹ, уничтожи́тельница uničtožítelʹnica, истреби́тель istrebítelʹ, истреби́тельница istrebítelʹnica |
| العربية | مُدَمِّر mudammir |
| עברית | הורס horas |
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title = {destroyer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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