destroyer (redirected from Guided-missile destroyer)

de·stroy·er  (d-stroir)

n.

1. One that destroys: a destroyer of family unity; a destroyer of our environment.

2. A small, fast, highly maneuverable warship armed with guns, torpedoes, depth charges, and guided missiles.

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destroyer [dɪˈstrɔɪə]

n

1. (Military) a small fast lightly armoured but heavily armed warship

2. a person or thing that destroys

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	destroyer - a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship guided missile destroyer tin can - informal term for a destroyer torpedo-boat destroyer - small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war
	2.	destroyer - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones" ruiner, uprooter, waster, undoer annihilator - a total destroyer bad person - a person who does harm to others iconoclast, image breaker - a destroyer of images used in religious worship diversionist, saboteur, wrecker - someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks vandal - someone who willfully destroys or defaces property

Translations

destroyer [dɪsˈtrɔɪəʳ] N (Naut) → destructor m

destroyer [dɪˈstrɔɪə^r] n (= ship) → contre-torpilleur m

destroyer

n (Naut) → Zerstörer m

destroyer [dɪsˈtrɔɪəʳ] n (Naut) → cacciatorpediniere m