destroyer

Meanings

Plural: destroyers

Noun

• a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
• a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
  • "a destroyer of the environment"
• That which destroys something.
• A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
• 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.
• 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.
• A starship of comparable role.

Synonyms

decimator, devastator, guided missile destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster