destroyer
pronunciation
How to pronounce destroyer in British English:
UK [dɪˈstrɔɪə(r)]
How to pronounce destroyer in American English:
US [dɪˈstrɔɪɚ]
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- Noun:
- a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
- a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
Word Origin
- destroyer (n.)
- late 14c., "someone or something that destroys," agent noun from Old French destruire (see destroy). As a type of warship, 1893, originally torpedo-boat destroyer; the class name perhaps from the proper name given to one such ship in the U.S. Navy in 1882.
Example
- 1. I was on a destroyer in the paci1 / 2c .
- 2. The barbie doll : favorite childhood toy or self-esteem destroyer ?
- 3. Japan 's maritime self defense force has dispatched a destroyer and helicopters .
- 4. In 1999 , he was given his first command of a destroyer .
- 5. An airbus a300 operated by iran air is shot down over the straits of hormuz by the us navy destroyer vincennes .