destroyer : Idioms & Phrases
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destroyer escort
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noun warship smaller than a destroyer; designed to escort fleets or convoys
WordNet
guided missile destroyer
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noun a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
destroyer.
WordNet
self-destroyer
Self`-de*stroy"er noun
Definitions
One who destroys himself; a suicide.
Webster 1913
tank destroyer
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noun an armored vehicle equipped with an antitank gun and capable of high speeds
WordNet
torpedo-boat destroyer
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noun small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats
