destroyern.

Brit.

/dᵻˈstrɔɪə/, U.S.

/dəˈstrɔɪər/,

/diˈstrɔɪər/

Forms: Also Middle English destrier, distriere, Middle English distruyere, destroer.

Etymology: < destroy v. + -er suffix¹; probably originally < Old French destruiere , -eor , -eour , < destrui-re to destroy v.

1. A person or thing that destroys.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys

baneOE

losera1340

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ravenerc1390

castera1400

confounder1401

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stroyc1440

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confounderess1509

hydraa1513

stroy-good1540

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disannullera1572

stroy-all1573

ruiner1581

down-puller1583

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assassin1609

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deletery1642

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ruinator1658

destroyeress1662

destructora1691

dissolvent1835

solvent1841

wrecker1882

destructant1889

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. ix. 11 Appolion, and by Latyn hauynge the name Destrier [a1425 L.V. a distriere].

c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 135 Heil distruyere of eueri stresse.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. xix. 45 Also the fende hyghte Appolyon in Grewe, A destroyer.

1483 Cath. Angl. 98/1 A Destroer, vbi a waster.

c1530 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 30 Covetyse is distroyer of hym selfe.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xxii. C The Lorde..sayde vnto the angell y^e destroyer: It is ynough, holde now thy hande.

1630 Order in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 65 They are..great Destroyers of Barbels, and other Kind of Fish.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 697 Great Conquerours..Destroyers rightlier call'd and Plagues of men.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc x. 54 Were it a crime if thy more mighty force Destroy'd the fell destroyer?

1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 102 A neutralizer or destroyer of contagion.

2. A type of small, fast warship armed with guns, torpedoes, etc., used for escort-work, attacking submarines, etc., originally built for attacking torpedo-boats. Destroyer was the proper name of an American torpedo-boat in 1882 (see Leisure Hour, 1882, 637/2, quoting Brooklyn Eagle).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > destroyer

commerce-destroyer1886

destroyer1893

destroyer-leader1927

destroyer-escort1945

1893 Daily News 14 Feb. 8/7 They are to be termed Torpedo-boat Destroyers, and in size will be between a torpedo catcher of the sharpshooter class and a first-class torpedo boat.

1899 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 9/2 The torpedo destroyer instructional flotilla.

1893 Revue gén. des Sciences IV. 458 (Bonnaffé) Le Destroyer était amarré à 30^m, 48 d'un bassin.] 1894 Daily News 11 June 6/5 The torpedo-boat destroyer built by the same firm last year for the Admiralty..This type of boiler..is being put into most of the ‘destroyers’ which are being built for the Government.1895 Daily News 27 July 3/1 The Rocket, another destroyer,..will not be ready for sea until Wednesday next.1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 139 It is becoming difficult to obtain the requisite area in screws of ‘destroyers’ without either resorting to an abnormal width of blade or to a large diameter.1914 Sphere 17 Oct. 74/1 She [sc. the submarine] discovered two German destroyers on patrol duty.1929 W. J. Locke Ancestor Jorico 124 He strode up and down with the air of the Commander of a Destroyer going into his first action.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being ii. 23 Would she—and a fast cruiser can do this—try to rush her by night, destroyer-fashion?

1899 Daily News 25 July 6/6 She is the gunboat in charge of one of our destroyer divisions.

1931 ‘Taffrail’ Endless Story i. 21 Most destroyer officers, their detractors averred, went in for ‘destroying’ because they..needed the extra pay.

C2.

destroyer-escort n. chiefly U.S.) a small destroyer.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > destroyer

commerce-destroyer1886

destroyer1893

destroyer-leader1927

destroyer-escort1945

1945 Jane's Fighting Ships 1943–4 p. vi Most numerous of any type [of American destroyer] are the so-called destroyer-escorts the design of which corresponds with that of British frigates of the ‘Captain's’ class.

1969 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 31 Oct. 11/1 The crippled Canadian destroyer-escort Kootenay will be towed back to Halifax for repairs.

destroyer-leader n. U.S. a large destroyer.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > destroyer

commerce-destroyer1886

destroyer1893

destroyer-leader1927

destroyer-escort1945

1927 Daily Tel. 28 June 12/1 Large cruisers, destroyer-leaders, and submarines.

1952 Jane's Fighting Ships 1952–3 p. vii All five of the destroyer leaders, another new category of U.S. warship.., have been launched and are due to be completed at the end of the year.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	destroyer
释义	destroyern. Brit. /dᵻˈstrɔɪə/, U.S. /dəˈstrɔɪər/, /diˈstrɔɪər/ Forms: Also Middle English destrier, distriere, Middle English distruyere, destroer. Etymology: < destroy v. + -er suffix¹; probably originally < Old French destruiere , -eor , -eour , < destrui-re to destroy v. 1. A person or thing that destroys. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > one who or that which destroys baneOE losera1340 leeserc1380 stroyerc1380 destroyer1382 ravenerc1390 castera1400 confounder1401 wastera1425 stroyc1440 undoerc1440 unmakerc1450 confounderess1509 hydraa1513 stroy-good1540 abolisher1548 thunderbolt1559 disannullera1572 stroy-all1573 ruiner1581 down-puller1583 murdererc1585 spendingc1595 blaster1598 assassin1609 ruinater1609 dissolver1611 minerc1614 destructioner1621 fordoer1631 sinker1632 destructive1640 deletery1642 assassinatea1658 ruinator1658 destroyeress1662 destructora1691 dissolvent1835 solvent1841 wrecker1882 destructant1889 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Rev. ix. 11 Appolion, and by Latyn hauynge the name Destrier [a1425 L.V. a distriere]. c1390 in C. Horstmann Minor Poems Vernon MS (1892) i. 135 Heil distruyere of eueri stresse. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. xix. 45 Also the fende hyghte Appolyon in Grewe, A destroyer. 1483 Cath. Angl. 98/1 A Destroer, vbi a waster. c1530 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems (1866) 30 Covetyse is distroyer of hym selfe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xxii. C The Lorde..sayde vnto the angell y^e destroyer: It is ynough, holde now thy hande. 1630 Order in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 65 They are..great Destroyers of Barbels, and other Kind of Fish. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 697 Great Conquerours..Destroyers rightlier call'd and Plagues of men. View more context for this quotation 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc x. 54 Were it a crime if thy more mighty force Destroy'd the fell destroyer? 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 102 A neutralizer or destroyer of contagion. 2. A type of small, fast warship armed with guns, torpedoes, etc., used for escort-work, attacking submarines, etc., originally built for attacking torpedo-boats. Destroyer was the proper name of an American torpedo-boat in 1882 (see Leisure Hour, 1882, 637/2, quoting Brooklyn Eagle). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > destroyer commerce-destroyer1886 destroyer1893 destroyer-leader1927 destroyer-escort1945 1893 Daily News 14 Feb. 8/7 They are to be termed Torpedo-boat Destroyers, and in size will be between a torpedo catcher of the sharpshooter class and a first-class torpedo boat. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 8 Mar. 9/2 The torpedo destroyer instructional flotilla. 1893 Revue gén. des Sciences IV. 458 (Bonnaffé) Le Destroyer était amarré à 30^m, 48 d'un bassin.] 1894 Daily News 11 June 6/5 The torpedo-boat destroyer built by the same firm last year for the Admiralty..This type of boiler..is being put into most of the ‘destroyers’ which are being built for the Government.1895 Daily News 27 July 3/1 The Rocket, another destroyer,..will not be ready for sea until Wednesday next.1897 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly Nov. 139 It is becoming difficult to obtain the requisite area in screws of ‘destroyers’ without either resorting to an abnormal width of blade or to a large diameter.1914 Sphere 17 Oct. 74/1 She [sc. the submarine] discovered two German destroyers on patrol duty.1929 W. J. Locke Ancestor Jorico 124 He strode up and down with the air of the Commander of a Destroyer going into his first action. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ 1898 R. Kipling Fleet in Being ii. 23 Would she—and a fast cruiser can do this—try to rush her by night, destroyer-fashion? 1899 Daily News 25 July 6/6 She is the gunboat in charge of one of our destroyer divisions. 1931 ‘Taffrail’ Endless Story i. 21 Most destroyer officers, their detractors averred, went in for ‘destroying’ because they..needed the extra pay. C2. destroyer-escort n. chiefly U.S.) a small destroyer. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > destroyer commerce-destroyer1886 destroyer1893 destroyer-leader1927 destroyer-escort1945 1945 Jane's Fighting Ships 1943–4 p. vi Most numerous of any type [of American destroyer] are the so-called destroyer-escorts the design of which corresponds with that of British frigates of the ‘Captain's’ class. 1969 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 31 Oct. 11/1 The crippled Canadian destroyer-escort Kootenay will be towed back to Halifax for repairs. destroyer-leader n. U.S. a large destroyer. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > destroyer commerce-destroyer1886 destroyer1893 destroyer-leader1927 destroyer-escort1945 1927 Daily Tel. 28 June 12/1 Large cruisers, destroyer-leaders, and submarines. 1952 Jane's Fighting Ships 1952–3 p. vii All five of the destroyer leaders, another new category of U.S. warship.., have been launched and are due to be completed at the end of the year. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1382
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