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Webster 1913 Edition

Destroyer

De-stroy′er

,

Noun.

[Cf. OF.

destruior

.]

1.

One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.

Webster 1828 Edition

Destroyer

DESTROYER

,

Noun.

One who destroys, or lays waste; one who kills a man, or an animal, or who ruins a country, cities, &c.

Definition 2024

destroyer

destroyer

English

USS Winston S.Churchill, a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

Translations

that who/which destroys

Catalan: destructor (ca) m
Czech: ničitel (cs) m
Finnish: tuhooja (fi)
French: destructeur (fr) m
German: Zerstörer (de) m
Hebrew: הורס ‎(Horas)
Irish: argthóir m, díothóir m, íditheoir m, loitiméir m, malartach, millteach m, millteoir m, scriostóir m
Italian: distruttore m
Japanese: 破壊者 ‎(はかいしゃ, hakaisha)

Malay: pembinasa, perosak
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: øydar m, øydeleggjar m
Polish: niszczyciel (pl) m
Portuguese: destruidor (pt) m
Russian: разруши́тель (ru) m ‎(razrušítelʹ), уничтожи́тель (ru) m ‎(uničtožítelʹ), истреби́тель (ru) m ‎(istrebítelʹ)
Spanish: destructor (es), (obsolete) destruidor
Sumerian: ^{(please verify)}[script needed] ‎(alal)

type of warship

Armenian: ականակիր (hy) ‎(akanakir)
Catalan: destructor (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 驱逐舰 (zh) ‎(qu1-zhu2-jian4)

Min Nan: 驱逐舰 ‎(khu1-tiok4-lam8)
Czech: torpédoborec (cs) m
Finnish: hävittäjä (fi)
French: destroyer (fr) m (France), contre-torpilleur (fr) m (Canada)
German: Zerstörer (de) m

Hebrew: משחתת (he) f ‎(mashkhetet)
Italian: cacciatorpediniere (it) m
Japanese: 駆逐艦 (ja) ‎(くちくかん, kuchikukan)
Malay: kapal pembinasa
Polish: niszczyciel (pl) m
Portuguese: contratorpedeiro (pt) m
Russian: эска́дренный миноно́сец (ru) m ‎(eskádrennyj minonósec), эсми́нец (ru) m ‎(esmínec)
Spanish: destructor (es) m
Swedish: jagare c

Anagrams

roystered

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛs.tʁɔ.je/

Noun

destroyer m ‎(plural destroyers)

(France, military) destroyer (warship)

Synonyms

contre-torpilleur