destroyer
noun
de·stroy·er
di-ˈstrȯi(-ə)r 
dē-
1
: one that destroys
2
: a small fast warship used especially to support larger vessels and usually armed with guns, depth charges, torpedoes, and often guided missiles
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The pamphlet describes alcohol as a destroyer of families.
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Ties were so strained, for example, that in 2018 Japan’s Defense Ministry charged that a South Korean navy destroyer directed a targeting radar system at Japanese military patrol aircraft, charges that South Korea denied.
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Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
It was originally designed as a helicopter destroyer but is undergoing conversion to a light aircraft carrier.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
On these two peaks, within sight of each other, stood two opposites: an embodiment of European civilization and its eager destroyer.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024
Eventually, more than two dozen Japanese aircraft were launched to bomb the destroyer, finally leaving it dead in the water.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
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Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2024
It was originally designed as a helicopter destroyer but is undergoing conversion to a light aircraft carrier.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
On these two peaks, within sight of each other, stood two opposites: an embodiment of European civilization and its eager destroyer.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024
Eventually, more than two dozen Japanese aircraft were launched to bomb the destroyer, finally leaving it dead in the water.
—Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
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destroyer
noun
de·stroy·er
di-ˈstrȯi(-ə)r
1
: one that destroys
2
: a small fast warship armed with guns, depth charges, torpedoes, and often guided missiles
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