destroyer

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It did, however, find a 15,000-ton to 20,000-ton ship, larger than a destroyer, would be valuable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Flush with cash, the firms are also wooing the general public, insisting that artificial intelligence will be a force for good -- and not a destroyer of jobs or an existential threat for humanity.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

Early Thursday morning local time, the military said a Navy destroyer was escorting the Dorena off the west coast of India after foiling its attempt to escape and deliver its cargo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Shelley was a seaman gunner on the destroyer HMS Milne on D-Day and guarded troops going ashore during the Normandy landings in June 1944.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The god Shiva was both creator and destroyer of the world and was depicted with the drum of creation in one hand and a flame of destruction in another.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife