destroyer

Noun

Meaning

One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

waster ruiner undoer uprooter guided missile destroyer savage slayer iceman terminator bane longboat vandal devourer crusher smasher

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Antonyms

secretary smith pathfinder registrar wright artificer

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Hypernyms

warship bad person combat ship

Hyponyms

vandal iconoclast wrecker saboteur annihilator tin can

Phrases with the word

The Destroyer complete destroyer bacteria destroyer plant destroyer crop destroyer rna destroyer

Anagrams

redestroy

Examples

Now, I am become Death, the destroyer (shatterer) of worlds. Robert Oppenheimer

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age that blasts the roots of trees Is my destroyer. And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose My youth is bend by the same wintry fever. Dylan Thomas

There is no doubt that the real destroyer of the liberties of any people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and largess. Plutarch

A destroyer can defeat thousands of earthenware makers. Yemeni Proverb

The destroyer of a country is a citizen of that country. Swahili Proverb

Mankind bestows more applause on her destroyer than on her benefactor. American Proverb

Close letter words and terms

destroyal destroyed destroyed jeans destroyer escort destroyer leader destroyer minesweeper