destroyer

English

USS Winston S.Churchill, a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪə(r)

Noun

Wikipedia destroyer (plural destroyers)

1. That which destroys something.
2. (military) A small, fast warship with light armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.

Derived terms

• command destroyer
• destroyer escort
• destroyer leader
• destroyer minesweeper
• flag destroyer
• tank destroyer

Translations

that who/which destroys

• Catalan: destructor (ca) m
• Czech: ničitel (cs) m
• Finnish: tuhooja (fi)
• French: destructeur (fr) m
• German: Zerstörer (de) m
• Hebrew: הורס (he) (Horas)
• Italian: distruttore (it) m

• Malay: pembinasa (ms), perosak (ms)
• Polish: niszczyciel (pl) m
• Portuguese: destruidor (pt) m
• Russian: разрушитель (ru) (razrušítelʹ) m, истребитель (ru) (istrebítelʹ) m
• Spanish: destructor (es), (obsolete) destruidor (es)
• Sumerian: alal

type of warship

• Catalan: destructor (ca) m
• Czech: torpédoborec (cs) m
• Finnish: hävittäjä (fi)
• French: destroyer (fr) m (France), contre-torpilleur (fr) m (Canada)
• German: Zerstörer (de) m
• Hebrew: משחתת (mashkhetet) f
• Italian: cacciatorpediniere (it) m

• Japanese: 駆逐艦 (ja) (くちくかん, kuchikukan)
• Malay: kapal pembinasa (ms)
• Polish: niszczyciel (pl) m
• Portuguese: contratorpedeiro (pt) m
• Russian: миноносец (ru) (minonósec) m, эсминец (ru) (esmínec) m, истребитель (ru) (istrebítelʹ) m
• Spanish: destructor (es) m

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Anagrams

• roystered

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French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɛs.tʁɔ.je/

• Audio (Paris)

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Noun

destroyer m (plural destroyers)

1. (France, military) destroyer (warship)

Synonyms

• contre-torpilleur