† stroyern.
Obsolete.
A destroyer.
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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
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 128 Ȝyt þes possessioners ben þeues and so striers of clergye and of good lif in the people.
c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 360 The drake, stroyer of his owne kinde.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16703 Aha! þou struier [Gött. struyer] o þe temple.
1589 R. Robinson Golden Mirrour sig. Dv He layes not gether poores mens grounds, He is no countrey stroyer.
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