destroyer | ||
1. | [ noun ] (nautical,military,transportation) a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship | |
Synonyms: | guided_missile_destroyer | |
Related terms: | warship tin_can uss_cole torpedo-boat_destroyer destroy | |
2. | [ noun ] a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to | |
Synonyms: | undoer uprooter waster ruiner | |
Examples: | "a destroyer of the environment" "jealousy was his undoer" "uprooters of gravestones" |
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Related terms: | bad_person vandal annihilator iconoclast saboteur destroy uproot ruin ruin | |
Similar spelling: |
destroy destroyed destroyable dextrose destruct destress dextrorotary dextrorse dexterity Dexter dextrorsal dextrously destructive destruction |