destroyer

destroyer
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(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A destructive agent]
Syn. annihilator, wrecker, vandal, exterminator, iconoclast, nihilist, assassin, executioner, hangman, strangler, butcher, slayer, gunman, decapitator, guillotiner, slaughterer, cutthroat, lyncher, anarchist, terrorist, firebrand, incendiary, arsonist, pyRomaniac, bomber, desperado, scourge, dealer of destruction, demolisher, defacer, ruiner, eradicator, despoiler, ransacker, pillager, looter, savage, plague, pestilence, rust, cancer, acid, bane, canker, wild beast, poison, virus, fungus, hatchet man*, Goth*, Hun*, Nazi*; see also arsonist , criminal , killer , weapon 1 .
Ant. author*, restorer, creator.
2. [A swift armed surface vessel]
Syn. battleship, light unit, fighting vessel; see ship , warship .
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(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun Something that causes total loss or severe impairment, as of one's health, fortune, honor, or hopes: bane, destruction, downfall, ruin, ruination, undoing, wrecker. See HELP.

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