Definitions for destroyer

destroyer de·stroy·er

Spelling: [dih-stroi-er]
IPA: /dɪˈstrɔɪ ər/

Destroyer is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 325 anagrams from letters in destroyer (deeorrsty).

Definitions for destroyer

noun

  1. a person or thing that destroys.
  2. a fast, relatively small, warship armed mainly with 5-inch (13-cm) guns.

Origin of destroyer

1350-1400; Middle English destroiere (compare Old French destruiere). See destroy, -er1

Examples for destroyer

Intelligence had not been so sure the destroyer commander knew all about Stan.

He muttered and rolled his eyes about—his chin jutted like the bow of a destroyer.

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

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

As a result of the attack on Dunkirk one French destroyer was sunk.

"He is your mother's destroyer," he said, with a sad sternness.

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

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

But that is only a part of your punishment, destroyer of happiness and afflictor of many lives.

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

Word Value for destroyer
Scrable

13

Words with friends

12

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