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Destroyer Common

Destroyer has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship

"The destroyer raced through the storm to intercept the enemy cruiser before it could board our transport ship."

2

a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to

"a destroyer of the environment"

"jealousy was his undoer"

"uprooters of gravestones"

3

That which destroys something.

"The storm surge acted as a powerful destroyer, wiping out the coastal village in hours."

Example Sentences
"a destroyer of the environment" noun
"jealousy was his undoer" noun
"uprooters of gravestones" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
warship bad person
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
tin can torpedo-boat destroyer annihilator iconoclast saboteur vandal
Rhyming Words
yer ayer oyer eyer byer dyer myer ryer iyer fryer bayer dryer bryer twyer payer dayer boyer foyer cryer pryer
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