destroyer

n. small warship; someone or something that destroys

This article is about the warship. For other meanings, see Destroyer (disambiguation). In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range but powerful attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). Before World War II destroyers were light vessels without the endurance for unattended ocean operations; typically a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender operated together. During and after the war, larger and more powerful destroyers capable of independent operation were built, particularly as cruisers ceased to be used in the 1950s and 60s.
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Noun
1. a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
(synonym) guided missile destroyer
(hypernym) warship, war vessel, combat ship
(hyponym) tin can
(derivation) destroy, destruct
2. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"
(synonym) ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter
(hypernym) bad person
(hyponym) annihilator
(derivation) destroy, destruct

n. destroyer, small warship; someone or something that destroys

n. destroyer