destroyer

Noun

a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
- "a destroyer of the environment"
That which destroys something.
A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
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.
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.
A starship of comparable role.

Origin / Etymology

From destroy + -er. Designating a warship, it is ellipsis of torpedo-boat destroyer, the longer term appearing at the end of the 19th century and the shorter form early in the 20th.

Synonyms

guided missile destroyer, ruiner, undoer, uprooter, waster, decimator, devastator

Scrabble Score: 13

destroyer: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
destroyer: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
destroyer: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

destroyer: valid Words With Friends Word