destroyer

Etymology
. Designating a warship, it is ellipsis of, the longer term appearing at the end of the 19th century and the shorter form early in the 20th.

Noun

 * 1) That which destroys something.
 * 2)  A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
 * 3)  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.
 * 4)  A starship of comparable role.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُدَمِّر
 * Belarusian: руйнава́льнік, руйнава́льніца, разбура́льнік, разбура́льніца,, знішча́льніца
 * Bulgarian:, разруши́телка, унищожи́тел, унищожи́телка
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:, ničitelka
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: გამანადგურებელი, გამნადგურებელი, დამანგრეველი
 * German:, , , Vernichterin
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: ὀλοθρευτής, δηλητήρ
 * Hebrew: הורס
 * Hungarian:, , leromboló,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: argthóir, díothóir, íditheoir, loitiméir, malartach, millteach, millteoir, scriostóir
 * Italian:, distruttrice
 * Japanese: 破壊者
 * Korean: 파괴자(破壞者)
 * Latin: ,
 * Macedonian: уништувач, уништувачка
 * Malay: pembinasa, perosak
 * Marathi: विनाशक, नाशक
 * Norwegian:
 * Nynorsk: øydar, øydeleggjar
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , , уничтожи́тельница, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: ničiteľ, ničiteľka
 * Spanish: ,
 * Sumerian: 𒄢
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: руйнівни́к, руйнівни́ця, нищи́тель, нищи́телька, вини́щувач, вини́щувачка


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: эска́драны мінано́сец, эсмі́нец
 * Bulgarian:, еска́дрен миноно́сец , есми́нец
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 驅逐艦
 * Hokkien: 驅逐艦
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: destrojero
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: საესკადრო ნაღმოსანი, გამანადგურებელი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, rombolóhajó, , torpedónaszád-romboló
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: разурнувач
 * Malay: kapal pembinasa
 * Marathi: डिस्ट्रॉयर, विनाशिका
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: torpédoborec
 * Slovene: rušilec
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: еска́дрений міноно́сець, есмі́нець
 * Vietnamese: tàu khu trục

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)   warship

Verb

 * 1)  to

Etymology
Borrowed from.