| NOUN | artifact | destroyer, guided missile destroyer | a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship |
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| person | destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter | a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to |
| Sounds | dihstroy'er | |
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| Rhymes | employer ... sawyer: 5 rhymes with oyer... | |
| Meaning | A small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship. | |
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| Synonym | guided missile destroyer | |
| Instances | USS Cole | A United States destroyer |
| Narrower | tin can | informal term for a destroyer |
| torpedo-boat destroyer | small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers | |
| Broader | warship, war vessel, combat ship | A government ship that is available for waging war |
| Spanish | destructor, destruidor | |
| Catalan | destructor | |
| Verbs | destroy | destroy completely |
| destroy | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | |
| Meaning | A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to. | |
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| Example | "a destroyer of the environment" | |
| Synonyms | ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter | |
| Narrower | annihilator | A total destroyer |
| iconoclast, image breaker | A destroyer of images used in religious worship | |
| saboteur, wrecker, diversionist | someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks / wrecks | |
| vandal | someone who willfully destroys or defaces property | |
| Broader | bad person | A person who does harm to others |
| Spanish | destructor, destruidor, ruiner | |
| Catalan | destructor | |
| Verbs | destroy | destroy completely |
| destroy | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | |
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