| NOUN | artifact | guided missile destroyer, destroyer | a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship |
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| Meaning | A small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship. | |
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| Synonym | 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 | |
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