destroyer

Significat (Anglès)

1. That which destroys something.
2. (historical) A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
3. A larger warship with guided missile armament, usually intended for air defence or anti-ship roles. Often, but not always, larger than a frigate and smaller than a cruiser.
4. (broadly) A larger warship with guided missile armament, usually intended for air defence or anti-ship roles. Often, but not always, larger than a frigate and smaller than a cruiser.

Conceptes

destructor

Sinònims

waster

spoiler

destroying

undoer

exterminator

uprooter

wrecker

demolisher

terrorist

torpedo boat

annihilator

killer

killing

wicked person

murderer

crusher

ruiner

guided missile destroyer

buster

remover

saboteur

torpedo-boat destroyer

trouble-maker

undoing

shredder

knapper

repeller

vitiator

attack aircraft

fighter aircraft

averter

overthrower

obliterator

crushing engine

crushing mill

disturber of peace

mastax

abolisher

cheek plate

antidote

breaker

conqueror

consumer

cracker

cutter

cutting down

depredator

devastator

dictator

disintegrator

Traduccions

Zerstörer

destructor

destructeur

destroyer

contre-torpilleur

distruttore

destruidor

contratorpedeiro

cacciatorpediniere

αντιτορπιλικό

muhrip

torpediniere

destróier

مدمر

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/dəˈstɹɔɪ.ɚ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Inherited from Middle English destroyour, destroyere; By surface analysis, destroy + -er. Designating a warship, it is ellipsis of torpedo-boat destroyer, the longer term appearing at the end of the 19th century and the shorter form early in the 20th.