Definitions for destroyer
dɪˈstrɔɪ ərde·stroy·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. destroyer, guided missile destroyernoun

   a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship

2. destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooternoun

   a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to

   "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"

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1. destroyernoun

   That which destroys something.

2. destroyernoun

   A small, fast warship with light armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.

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1. Destroyernoun

   The person that destroys or lays waste; a murderer.

   Etymology: from destroy.

   In all the translations it is said, that Assur both founded it and ruined it: it may be understood, that Assur the founder was the son of Shem, and Assur the destroyer was an Assyrian. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

   For glory done
   Of triumph, to be styl’d great conquerors,
   Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons of gods!
   Destroyers rightlier call’d, and slayers of men. John Milton, P. Lost.

   Yet, guiltless too, this bright destroyer lives;
   At random wounds, nor knows the wound she gives. Alexander Pope.

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1. Destroyer

   Destroyer is a song by industrial metal band Static-X and the second single from their album Cannibal. The song was released digitally on 13 February 2007. On the U. S. weekly Mainstream Rock chart, it peaked at number 23. The video was filmed on 7 March and, according to band member Wayne Static, it features two roller derby teams and has a 1970s theme. Most of the roller derby girls featured in the video originate from the Central Coast Roller Derby in San Luis Obispo, California. In the video, several illegal roller derby moves are shown - such as clotheslining an opponent and punching during a fight. The band members appear in the video as themselves and other people attending the roller derby, all with penis innuendos for names. Wayne Static appears as the derby's announcer, "Dick Hurtz." Tony Campos and Nick Oshiro are coaches for the two teams, "Mike Rotch" and "Mon Keedick" and Koichi Fukuda appears as a crazed fan, "Don Keedick." On March 20, 2007, Static-X released the "Destroyer EP" exclusively at Hot Topic stores across the United States.

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1. destroyer

   A destroyer is a type of warship that is fast, maneuverable, and designed primarily for offensive roles against enemy ships, submarines, and aircraft. They are equipped with advanced weapons and radar systems, including anti-aircraft guns, torpedoes, and missile systems. The term is often used to refer to the smaller, quicker ships in a navy's fleet, which are capable of operating independently or as part of a larger group. The name comes from their original task of defending ship formations against torpedo boat attacks, the "destroyers" of the fleet.

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1. Destroyernoun

   one who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates

2. Etymology: [Cf. OF. destruior.]

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1. Destroyer

   In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from the response of navies to the threat posed by torpedo boats. Growing from earlier defensive developments, the "torpedo boat destroyer" first appeared as a distinct class of warship when HMS Havock and HMS Hornet were commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1894. By the time of the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, TBDs were "large, swift, and powerfully armed torpedo boats designed to destroy other torpedo boats." Although the term destroyer had been used interchangeably with the terms "TBD" and "torpedo boat destroyer" by navies since 1892, the term torpedo boat destroyer had been generally shortened to simply "destroyer" by nearly all navies by the First World War. Prior to World War II, destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unattended ocean operations; typically a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender operated together. After the war, the advent of the guided missile allowed destroyers to take on the surface combatant roles previously filled by battleships and cruisers. This resulted in larger and more powerful destroyers more capable of independent operation.

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1. destroyer

   Song lyrics by destroyer -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by destroyer on the Lyrics.com website.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of destroyer in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of destroyer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of destroyer in a Sentence

1. Starhawk:

   ...desire cracks open the gates. If you're ready it will take you through. But nothing lasts forever, time is the destroyer, the wheel turns again and again, watch out it will take you through.

2. Jens Stoltenberg:

   We are ready to help, but they have to request it – so we will not send in troops and we will not do any activities in Libya at all without a request from the Libyan government. Britain has provisionally offered to contribute 1,000 troops to an Italian-led training mission. Stoltenberg also condemned flyby of Russian warplanes in the Baltic Sea over a US Navy destroyer that took place Monday. He called Russia’s behavior.

3. Plutarch:

   The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

4. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov:

   Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, and the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.

5. Eric Wertheim:

   The smallest ship in the U.S. Navy to carry a Tomahawk missile would be destroyer size – that’s about 10 times the size [of the Russian ships].

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=destroyer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Destroyer
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=destroyer
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/destroyer
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=destroyer