destroyer

English

A destroyer (warship)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English destroyour, destroyere; By surface analysis, 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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dəˈstɹɔɪ.ɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ.ə(ɹ)

Noun

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^[1]:

     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.

Synonyms

• (one who destroys): devastator, decimator

Derived terms

• command destroyer
• commerce destroyer
• destroyer escort
• destroyer leader
• destroyer minesweeper
• flag destroyer
• mealybug destroyer
• self-destroyer
• tank destroyer

Translations

that who/which destroys

• Arabic: مُدَمِّر m (mudammir)
• Belarusian: руйнава́льнік m (rujnaválʹnik), руйнава́льніца f (rujnaválʹnica), разбура́льнік m (razburálʹnik), разбура́льніца f (razburálʹnica), знішча́льнік (be) m (zniščálʹnik), знішча́льніца f (zniščálʹnica)
• Bulgarian: разруши́тел (bg) m (razrušítel), разруши́телка f (razrušítelka), унищожи́тел m (uništožítel), унищожи́телка f (uništožítelka)
• Catalan: destructor (ca) m
• Czech: ničitel (cs) m, ničitelka f
• Dutch: vernietiger (nl) m
• Finnish: tuhooja (fi)
• French: destructeur (fr) m, destructrice (fr) f
• Georgian: გამანადგურებელი (gamanadgurebeli), გამნადგურებელი (gamnadgurebeli), დამანგრეველი (damangreveli)
• German: Zerstörer (de) m, Zerstörerin (de) f, Vernichter (de) m, Vernichterin f
• Greek: καταστροφέας (el) (katastroféas), αφανιστής (el) (afanistís), εξολοθρευτής (el) (exolothreftís)

  Ancient Greek: ὀλοθρευτής m (olothreutḗs), δηλητήρ m (dēlētḗr)

• Hebrew: הורס (horas)
• Hindi: नाशक (hi) m (nāśak), विनाशक (hi) m (vināśak)
• Hungarian: romboló (hu), pusztító (hu), leromboló, elpusztító (hu)
• Indonesian: perusak (id)
• Irish: argthóir m, díothóir m, íditheoir m, loitiméir m, malartach, millteach m, millteoir m, scriostóir m
• Italian: distruttore (it) m, distruttrice f
• Japanese: 破壊者 (ja) (はかいしゃ, hakaisha)
• Korean: 파괴자(破壞者) (pagoeja)
• Latin: dēlētor (la) m, dēlētrix (la) f
• Macedonian: уништувач m (uništuvač), уништувачка f (uništuvačka)
• Malay: pembinasa, perosak
• Marathi: विनाशक m (vināśak), नाशक m (nāśak)
• Middle English: destroyour
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: øydar m, øydeleggjar m

• Polish: niszczyciel (pl) m pers, niszczycielka (pl) f
• Portuguese: destruidor (pt) m
• Russian: разруши́тель (ru) m (razrušítelʹ), разруши́тельница (ru) f (razrušítelʹnica), уничтожи́тель (ru) m (uničtožítelʹ), уничтожи́тельница f (uničtožítelʹnica), истреби́тель (ru) m (istrebítelʹ), истреби́тельница (ru) f (istrebítelʹnica)
• Sanskrit: दर्मन् (sa) m (darman)
• Slovak: ničiteľ m, ničiteľka f
• Spanish: destructor (es), (obsolete) destruidor (es)
• Sumerian: 𒄢 (/⁠gul⁠/)
• Swedish: förstörare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: руйнівни́к m (rujnivnýk), руйнівни́ця f (rujnivnýcja), нищи́тель m (nyščýtelʹ), нищи́телька f (nyščýtelʹka), вини́щувач m (vynýščuvač), вини́щувачка f (vynýščuvačka)

type of warship

• Armenian: ականակիր (hy) (akanakir)
• Belarusian: эска́драны мінано́сец m (eskádrany minanósjec), эсмі́нец m (esmínjec)
• Bulgarian: разруши́тел (bg) m (razrušítel), еска́дрен миноно́сец m (eskádren minonósec) (Russian destroyer), есми́нец m (esmínec) (Russian destroyer)
• Catalan: destructor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 驅逐艦 / 驱逐舰 (keoi¹ zuk⁶ laam⁶)

  Hokkien: 驅逐艦 / 驱逐舰 (khu-tio̍k-lām)

  Mandarin: 驅逐艦 / 驱逐舰 (zh) (qūzhújiàn)

• Czech: torpédoborec (cs) m
• Esperanto: destrojero
• Finnish: hävittäjä (fi)
• French: destroyer (fr) m (France), contre-torpilleur (fr) m (Canada)
• Georgian: საესკადრო ნაღმოსანი (saesḳadro naɣmosani), გამანადგურებელი (gamanadgurebeli)
• German: Zerstörer (de) m
• Greek: αντιτορπιλικό (el) n (antitorpilikó)
• Hebrew: מַשְׁחֶתֶת (he) f (mashkhetet)
• Hungarian: romboló (hu), rombolóhajó, torpedóromboló (hu), torpedónaszád-romboló
• Italian: cacciatorpediniere (it) m
• Japanese: 駆逐艦 (ja) (くちくかん, kuchikukan)
• Korean: 구축함(驅逐艦) (ko) (guchukham)
• Macedonian: разурнувач m (razurnuvač)
• Malay: kapal pembinasa
• Marathi: डिस्ट्रॉयर f (ḍisṭrŏyar), विनाशिका f (vināśikā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jager m, destroyer m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ناوشِکَن (fa) (nâvšekan)

• Polish: niszczyciel (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: contratorpedeiro (pt) m
• Russian: эска́дренный миноно́сец (ru) m (eskádrennyj minonósec), эсми́нец (ru) m (esmínec)
• Slovak: torpédoborec m
• Slovene: rušilec m
• Spanish: destructor (es) m
• Swedish: jagare (sv) c
• Thai: เรือพิฆาต
• Ukrainian: еска́дрений міноно́сець m (eskádrenyj minonósecʹ), есмі́нець m (esmínecʹ)
• Vietnamese: tàu khu trục, khu trục hạm (vi)

Anagrams

• redestroy, roystered

French

Etymology 1

English destroyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.tʁɔ.jœʁ/, /dɛs.tʁɔ.je/, /dɛs.tʁwa.je/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

destroyer m (plural destroyers)

1. (France, military) destroyer (warship)

   Synonym: contre-torpilleur

Descendants

• → Turkish: destroyer

Etymology 2

English destroyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛs.tʁɔ.je/

Verb

destroyer

1. (North America) to destroy

Conjugation

Conjugation of destroyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	destroyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	destroyant /dɛs.tʁɔ.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		destroyé /dɛs.tʁɔ.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	destroye /dɛs.tʁɔj/	destroyes /dɛs.tʁɔj/	destroye /dɛs.tʁɔj/	destroyons /dɛs.tʁɔ.jɔ̃/	destroyez /dɛs.tʁɔ.je/	destroyent /dɛs.tʁɔj/
	imperfect	destroyais /dɛs.tʁɔ.jɛ/	destroyais /dɛs.tʁɔ.jɛ/	destroyait /dɛs.tʁɔ.jɛ/	destroyions /dɛs.tʁɔj.jɔ̃/	destroyiez /dɛs.tʁɔj.je/	destroyaient /dɛs.tʁɔ.jɛ/
	past historic2	destroyai /dɛs.tʁɔ.je/	destroyas /dɛs.tʁɔ.ja/	destroya /dɛs.tʁɔ.ja/	destroyâmes /dɛs.tʁɔ.jam/	destroyâtes /dɛs.tʁɔ.jat/	destroyèrent /dɛs.tʁɔ.jɛʁ/
	future	destroyerai /dɛs.tʁɔj.ʁe/	destroyeras /dɛs.tʁɔj.ʁa/	destroyera /dɛs.tʁɔj.ʁa/	destroyerons /dɛs.tʁɔj.ʁɔ̃/	destroyerez /dɛs.tʁɔj.ʁe/	destroyeront /dɛs.tʁɔj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	destroyerais /dɛs.tʁɔj.ʁɛ/	destroyerais /dɛs.tʁɔj.ʁɛ/	destroyerait /dɛs.tʁɔj.ʁɛ/	destroyerions /dɛs.tʁɔ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	destroyeriez /dɛs.tʁɔ.jə.ʁje/	destroyeraient /dɛs.tʁɔj.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	destroye /dɛs.tʁɔj/	destroyes /dɛs.tʁɔj/	destroye /dɛs.tʁɔj/	destroyions /dɛs.tʁɔj.jɔ̃/	destroyiez /dɛs.tʁɔj.je/	destroyent /dɛs.tʁɔj/
	imperfect2	destroyasse /dɛs.tʁɔ.jas/	destroyasses /dɛs.tʁɔ.jas/	destroyât /dɛs.tʁɔ.ja/	destroyassions /dɛs.tʁɔ.ja.sjɔ̃/	destroyassiez /dɛs.tʁɔ.ja.sje/	destroyassent /dɛs.tʁɔ.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	destroye /dɛs.tʁɔj/	—	destroyons /dɛs.tʁɔ.jɔ̃/	destroyez /dɛs.tʁɔ.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “destroyer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle English

Noun

destroyer

1. (Late Middle English) alternative form of destroyour

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French destroyer.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: des‧tro‧yer

Noun

destroyer (definite accusative destroyeri, plural destroyerler)

1. destroyer

Declension

Declension of destroyer

singular plural nominative destroyer destroyerler definite accusative destroyeri destroyerleri dative destroyere destroyerlere locative destroyerde destroyerlerde ablative destroyerden destroyerlerden genitive destroyerin destroyerlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular destroyerim destroyerlerim 2nd singular destroyerin destroyerlerin 3rd singular destroyeri destroyerleri 1st plural destroyerimiz destroyerlerimiz 2nd plural destroyeriniz destroyerleriniz 3rd plural destroyerleri destroyerleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular destroyerimi destroyerlerimi 2nd singular destroyerini destroyerlerini 3rd singular destroyerini destroyerlerini 1st plural destroyerimizi destroyerlerimizi 2nd plural destroyerinizi destroyerlerinizi 3rd plural destroyerlerini destroyerlerini dative singular plural 1st singular destroyerime destroyerlerime 2nd singular destroyerine destroyerlerine 3rd singular destroyerine destroyerlerine 1st plural destroyerimize destroyerlerimize 2nd plural destroyerinize destroyerlerinize 3rd plural destroyerlerine destroyerlerine locative singular plural 1st singular destroyerimde destroyerlerimde 2nd singular destroyerinde destroyerlerinde 3rd singular destroyerinde destroyerlerinde 1st plural destroyerimizde destroyerlerimizde 2nd plural destroyerinizde destroyerlerinizde 3rd plural destroyerlerinde destroyerlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular destroyerimden destroyerlerimden 2nd singular destroyerinden destroyerlerinden 3rd singular destroyerinden destroyerlerinden 1st plural destroyerimizden destroyerlerimizden 2nd plural destroyerinizden destroyerlerinizden 3rd plural destroyerlerinden destroyerlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular destroyerimin destroyerlerimin 2nd singular destroyerinin destroyerlerinin 3rd singular destroyerinin destroyerlerinin 1st plural destroyerimizin destroyerlerimizin 2nd plural destroyerinizin destroyerlerinizin 3rd plural destroyerlerinin destroyerlerinin

Synonyms

• muhrip

References

• “destroyer”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu