destroyer
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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 Royal Navy destroyer, HMS Dragon, is now providing additional air defences operating off the coast of Cyprus.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
Or a destroyer of the music those gatekeepers want to protect?
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
The U.S. military had taken seriously the risk of an Iranian missile strike and had positioned a guided-missile destroyer near the base, U.S. officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026
He was man’s benefactor and he was man’s destroyer.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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