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destroyer (s) (noun), destroyers (pl)
1. A small, fast, highly maneuverable warship armed with guns, torpedoes, depth charges, and guided missiles.
2. A person who ruins, or lays waste to something: "Henry was convicted of being the destroyer of the neighbor's car."
3. Someone or something that causes destruction: "The document describes alcohol as a destroyer of families."
This entry is located in the following units: de- (page 40) stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive (page 2)
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(Greek: to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage, to destroy; destroyer; harmful)
(Latin: originally, wanderer; then destroyer; destroy, deface, harm)