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destroyer

/dih-stroi-er/US // dɪˈstrɔɪ ər //UK // (dɪˈstrɔɪə) //

毁灭者,驱逐舰,破坏者,摧毁者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that destroys.
    • : a fast, relatively small, warship armed mainly with 5-inch guns.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Left-wing NGOs have denounced him as a fascist, a destroyer of democracy.

  • Broad was not, as his critics would have liked to paint him, an evil destroyer of public education.

  • You can hear the destroyer coming and dropping the depth charges into the water, it’s just a matter of time.

  • Barnes & Noble has been tagged as either the savior or the destroyer of the book industry in its 100-year history.

  • The oil palm is a Shiva of the modern consumer economy, a great creator and a great destroyer.

  • The USS Arleigh Burke, a destroyer, and USS Philippine Sea, a cruiser, launched a total of 47 Tomahawk missiles.

  • He was in the forward gun turret where the destroyer hit us.

  • During a night operation in the Solomon Islands in 1943, the patrol torpedo boat he commanded was rammed by a Japanese destroyer.

  • He was not a destroyer seeking to become exceptional by killing.

  • Some see all significance in the grim front of the destroyer, and some in the bitter sufferers of the Lost Cause.

  • But the rumble of distant guns told the destroyer that his short-lived hour of triumph was nearly sped.

  • Left on a picket boat with Birdie to board my destroyer to an accompaniment of various denominations of projectiles.

  • When the Turks saw a destroyer come bustling up at an unusual hour they said to themselves, "fee faw fum!"

  • Instead of being a destroyer of merchandise, this new craft was an unarmed carrier of merchandise.

  • The great mission of the submarine during the European war was as a commerce destroyer.