Destroyer
/dəˈstɹɔɪ.ɚ/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 That which destroys something.
"But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels."
- 2 a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship wordnet
- 3 A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate. historical
- 4 a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to wordnet
- 5 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.
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- 6 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. broadly
Example
More examples"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds."
Etymology
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.