destroyer
62
7.3
- noun
- /dɪˈstrɔɪər/
- Specialized
:
destructor
- HMS Sheffield, a Type 42 destroyer, was attacked and hit late this afternoon by an Argentine missile.
- guided-missile destroyer
- Aegis destroyer
- missile destroyer
As commander of a small, ageing destroyer, his main role was laying mines at sea.
- As commander of a small, ageing destroyer, his main role was laying mines at sea.
- His, his PT boat was cut in two by a in a fog in the black constraints off the Solomon Islands by a Japanese destroyer.
- His, his PT boat was cut in two by a in a fog in the blackest straits off the Solomon Islands by a Japanese destroyer.
- This meant being tugged by a cruiser or destroyer until the plane was within range of Germany itself, since they didn't have the range to fly the whole way from Britain.
- There were battleships that were destroyers, there were supply ships, there were aircraft, there was everything required, all of the equipment to map Antarctica.
Examples
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Nefer announced, "One of the destroyers has altered to an intercept course."
Fiction book (1991) -
Five minutes later, the briefing concluded with no mention of the Chinese destroyer or its weaponry.
Fiction book (1991) -
The other one's a destroyer escort.
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I wish to be reassigned to a destroyer.
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He was in command of a destroyer.
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Now they want me to transfer another 12 destroyers to the Atlantic.
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As commander of a small, ageing destroyer, his main role was laying mines at sea.
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I've been transferred from a cruiser to a destroyer.
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The People's Liberation Army is also deploying new warplanes, destroyers, submarines, and surface-to-surface missiles.
Academic text (2001) -
The USS Mustin, a guided missile destroyer, sails to Japan, home to the Navy's Seventh Fleet.
Synonyms
140
3.6
A navy boat built for fighting at sea
50
7.4
A large fast warship that fights at sea
43
8.2
A small, fast warship that escorts other ships
5
8.2
A modern warship larger than a destroyer but smaller than a cruiser
2
4.9
A military ship that moves and fights on the water's surface, not underwater
1
7.5
A fast military ship that carries weapons that can steer themselves to attack ships and aircraft
1
8.0
A small military ship that escorts and protects convoys at sea
1
7.5
A navy ship with guided missiles that escorts and protects other ships
1
7.2
A small warship with light armor and guns used for escort and patrol
A small navy ship that protects larger ships by attacking fast boats with torpedoes
A ship a government uses for fighting at sea
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.5
A fast military ship that carries weapons that can steer themselves to attack ships and aircraft
- Archaic
1
8.1
A light military vehicle with a strong anti-tank gun that stops enemy tanks
- Archaic
A small navy ship that protects larger ships by attacking fast boats with torpedoes
How Big
- Archaic
68
5.5
- Specialized
50
7.4
- Specialized
5
8.2
- Specialized
62
7.3
- Specialized
43
8.2
- Specialized
7
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Destroyer for a warship comes from the older name 'torpedo-boat destroyer', a ship whose job was to destroy small attack boats. That's why a destroyer is a fast, armed ship that protects larger ships and fights submarines and planes.