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DESTROYER
destroyer, guided missile destroyer
(noun) a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter
(noun) a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; “a destroyer of the environment”; “jealousy was his undoer”; “uprooters of gravestones”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
destroyer (plural destroyers)
That which destroys something.
(military) A small, fast warship with light armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
Synonyms
• (one who destroys): devastator, decimator
Anagrams
• redestroy, roystered
Source: Wiktionary
De*stroy"er, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. destruior.]
Definition: One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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