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de·stroy·er
(dĭ-stroi′ər)n.
1. One that destroys: a destroyer of our environment.
2. A small, fast, highly maneuverable warship typically armed with an assortment of weapons such as guns, torpedoes, depth charges, and guided missiles.
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destroyer
(dɪˈstrɔɪə)n
1. (Military) a small fast lightly armoured but heavily armed warship
2. a person or thing that destroys
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de•stroy•er
(dɪˈstrɔɪ ər)n.
1. a person or thing that destroys.
2. a fast, small warship armed mainly with 5-in. (13-cm) guns.
[1350–1400]
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| Noun | 1. |  destroyer - a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warshiptin can - informal term for a destroyer torpedo-boat destroyer - small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats |
| 2. |  destroyer - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"annihilator - a total destroyer bad person - a person who does harm to others iconoclast, image breaker - a destroyer of images used in religious worship vandal - someone who willfully destroys or defaces property |
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destroyer
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Translations
مُدَمِّر
torpédoborec
destroyer
hävittäjä
torpedóromboló
tundurspillir
niszczyciel
torpédoborec
rušilec
destroyer
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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destroyer
n (Naut) → Zerstörer m
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
destroy
(diˈstroi) verb1. to put an end to or make useless; to ruin. Vandals destroyed the painting.
2. to kill (animals). This poison destroys rats.
deˈstroyer noun a type of small fast warship. naval destroyers.
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