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発音

• (General American) IPA: /dəˈstɹɔɪ.ɚ/
• 韻: -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ)

名詞

destroyer (plural destroyers)

1. That which destroys something.
   • 1901, Sylvester D. Judd, The Relation of Sparrows to Agriculture, page 91:

     But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.

   • 1908 January, John Muir, “Hetch Hetchy Valley”, in Sierra Club Bulletin‎:

     These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar.

2. (military, nautical, historical) A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
3. (military, nautical) 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.
   1. (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role.

同意語

• (one who destroys): devastator, decimator

派生語

アナグラム

• redestroy, roystered