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destroyer

dest·royer

US/dəˈstɹɔɪ.ɚ/ fairly common

noun

1.
2.

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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Origin

Inherited from Middle English destroyour, destroyere; By surface analysis, destroy + -er. Designating a warship, it is ellipsis of torpedo-boat destroyer, the longer term appearing at the end of the 19th century and the shorter form early in the 20th.

Phrases

  • command destroyer
  • commerce destroyer
  • destroyer escort
  • destroyer leader
  • destroyer minesweeper
  • flag destroyer
  • mealybug destroyer
  • tank destroyer

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