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Definitions for: Destroyer [n] a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
[n] a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"
Webster (1913) Definition: De*stroy"er, n. [Cf. OF. destruior.]
One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
De*stroy"er, n.
= Torpedo-boat destroyer.
Synonyms: guided missile destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster
See Also: annihilator, bad person, combat ship, diversionist, iconoclast, image breaker, saboteur, tin can, torpedo-boat destroyer, vandal, war vessel, warship, wrecker
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