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destroyer

[dih-stroi-er] / dɪˈstrɔɪ ər /


NOUN
a swift armed surface vessel
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Under the plan, HMS Dragon - the air defence destroyer that is already on its way to the Middle East - will also "be ready for any mission" to secure the strait, the MoD said.

From BBC • 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

The Touska was sailing to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas when it was warned repeatedly over a six hours by the USS Spruance, a guided-missile destroyer, that it was violating the blockade, U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The government has since dispatched HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer, to the region to protect the base, as part of wider defensive efforts.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

He was the talented but malevolent destroyer of republican government.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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