destroyer

[US]/dɪ'strɒɪə/
[UK]/dɪ'strɔɪɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a type of warship designed for destroying enemy ships

Example Sentences

a destroyer of family unity; a destroyer of our environment.

The destroyer was winking urgently.

CFCs are the chief destroyers of the ozone layer.

the destroyer would have to pay with his life.

The destroyer sliced through the water.

a destroyer boring through heavy seas.

a destroyer zigzagging to evade torpedos.

A destroyer escorted our ship to London.

Destroyers escorted a convey of merchant ships.

They moved two destroyers into the area to counter the threat from the enemy battleship.

Though Tiin operated independently in space, he was assigned remote authority over the Venator-class Star Destroyer Impavid.

Ultimately, Solo's offer proved to be sufficient for Pellaeon and the Moffs to agree to the deal, and Pellaeon took the Star Destroyer Bloodfin and a small fleet to Fondor.

As the palace collapsed, and as Xizor died high in orbit under the guns of Vader's Super Star Destroyer, Guri escaped in a parawing glider and reclaimed her vessel.

Real-world Examples

The U.S. Navy has also positioned anti-missile destroyers in the area.

Source: VOA Standard April 2013 Collection

Someone who makes big negative changes is a destroyer.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

A cruiser is smaller than a battleship but larger than a destroyer.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

The US navy is deploying a destroyer there in response to new information. Rajini Vaidyanathan reports.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation March 2014

Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel says the US is deploying two missile defence destroyers to Japan.

Source: NPR News April 2014 Collection

Every creator and destroyer of civilizations.

Source: Realm of Legends

The second voice acts as the editor and destroyer.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

Russian fighter jets making extremely close flight to U.S. Navy destroyer.

Source: CNN Selected April 2016 Collection

Even pacifist Japan is converting two destroyers to carry jets, for the first time since the second world war.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The day-long exercises Tuesday in the South China Sea reportedly involved two Japanese destroyers and a Philippine Navy warship.

Source: VOA Special May 2015 Collection

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