/dɪstɹɔjˈɚ/ - [distroyer] - de•stroy•er
We found 8 definitions of destroyer from 6 different sources.
NounPlural: destroyers |
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destroyer - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones" | ||
ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter | ||
bad person a person who does harm to others | ||
annihilator a total destroyer | ||
image breaker, iconoclast someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions | ||
diversionist, saboteur, wrecker someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks | ||
destroyer - a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship | ||
guided missile destroyer | ||
combat ship, war vessel, warship a government ship that is available for waging war | ||
tin can informal term for a destroyer | ||
torpedo-boat destroyer small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats |