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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-stroi-er
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstrɔɪ ər

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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.
  • noun a destructive agent
  • noun a swift armed surface vessel
Example sentences :
  • "He is your mother's destroyer," he said, with a sad sternness.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Intelligence had not been so sure the destroyer commander knew all about Stan.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • But that is only a part of your punishment, destroyer of happiness and afflictor of many lives.
  • Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
  • As a result of the attack on Dunkirk one French destroyer was sunk.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
  • He muttered and rolled his eyes about—his chin jutted like the bow of a destroyer.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • Yesterday only an illicit lover: to-day the destroyer of children unborn!
  • Extract from : « Shoulder-Straps » by Henry Morford
  • He tried the wireless and got an instant response from the destroyer.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • The first cumbersome brute was helpless before its destroyer.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • On board the destroyer no harm to speak of: only one man wounded.
  • Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
  • Had another hour with Altham before he got aboard his destroyer.
  • Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton

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