destroyer

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

destructor

destruidor

destroyer

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

Zerstörer

destructeur

destroyer

destructor

contre-torpilleur

distruttore

destruidor

contratorpedeiro

cacciatorpediniere

αντιτορπιλικό

muhrip

torpediniere

مدمر

مدمرة

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/dəˈstɹɔɪ.ɚ/

Etimología (Inglés)

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.