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Antonyms for de-stroyers
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-stroi-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstrɔɪ ər |
Definition of de-stroyers
Origin :- late 14c., "someone or something that destroys," agent noun from Old French destruire (see destroy). As a type of warship, 1893, originally torpedo-boat destroyer; the class name perhaps from the proper name given to one such ship in the U.S. Navy in 1882.
- As in undoing : noun destruction, misfortune
- As in vandal : noun person who defiles property
- As in destroyer : noun a destructive agent
- As in destroyer : noun a swift armed surface vessel
- As in breaker : noun large wave
- As in warship : noun large boat
- As in ruination : noun ruin
Synonyms for de-stroyers
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- annihilator
- assassin
- bad luck
- bad omen
- bane
- bankrupt
- battleship
- beggar
- billow
- blight
- blow
- blunder
- bomber
- botch
- break
- bring down
- bring to ruin
- bust
- calamity
- Cancer
- casualty
- catastrophe
- chemotherapy
- clean out
- collapse
- corvette
- cruiser
- crush
- curse
- cutter
- decimate
- deface
- defacer
- defeat
- defile
- demolish
- demolisher
- deplete
- deplore
- depredate
- desecrate
- despoil
- despoiler
- destroyer
- destruction
- devour
- difficulty
- dilapidate
- disfigure
- disgrace
- do in
- doom
- downfall
- drain
- dreadnaught
- dreadnought
- eradicator
- error
- executioner
- exhaust
- exterminator
- failure
- fault
- faux pas
- firebrand
- flaw
- fleece
- frigate
- fumble
- grief
- gunboat
- hoodlum
- humiliation
- iconoclast
- impoverish
- injure
- last straw
- lay waste
- light unit fighting vessel
- looter
- maim
- make a mess of
- mangle
- mar
- misadventure
- miscalculation
- mischance
- mischief-maker
- mishap
- misstep
- mutilate
- omission
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- pauperize
- pillage
- pillager
- pirate
- plunderer
- poison
- radiation
- ransacker
- rape
- ravager
- ravish
- raze
- reduce
- reversal
- reverse
- roller
- ruin
- ruination
- sack
- savage
- shame
- shatter
- ship
- slaughterer
- slip
- smash
- spoil
- spoilate
- stumble
- submarine
- subversion
- surf
- thief
- total
- trial
- trip
- trouble
- undoing
- use up
- vandal
- visitation
- warship
- wave
- weakness
- wipe out
- wrack
- wreak havoc on
- wreck
- wrecker
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