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Recent Examples of destroyer
Mack, who is renowned for his elite pass rushing ability, also is a destroyer of running plays.
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Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
In 1908, a 23-year-old Navy officer ran the USS Decatur, a destroyer with a crew of 75 men, aground while entering a harbor in the Philippines.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
In 2000: Seventeen American crew members on the USS Cole, a Navy destroyer, lost their lives and many more were injured during a refueling stop at Yemen’s port of Aden, where the ship was attacked by two suicide bombers in a small motorboat packed with explosives.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Australia joined that group last December, with the successful firing of a Tomahawk by the destroyer HMAS Brisbane off the US West Coast.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
In 1908, a 23-year-old Navy officer ran the USS Decatur, a destroyer with a crew of 75 men, aground while entering a harbor in the Philippines.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
In 2000: Seventeen American crew members on the USS Cole, a Navy destroyer, lost their lives and many more were injured during a refueling stop at Yemen’s port of Aden, where the ship was attacked by two suicide bombers in a small motorboat packed with explosives.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Australia joined that group last December, with the successful firing of a Tomahawk by the destroyer HMAS Brisbane off the US West Coast.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destroyer
Noun
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Senior Javon Jones is a game-wrecker on the Eaglecrest defensive front.—
Matt Schubert,
Denver Post,
29 Oct. 2025
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Mack, in particular, is renowned as a wrecker of plays at the line of scrimmage, although he is best known for his relentless pursuit of quarterbacks.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With a displacement of more than 100,000 tons and a length of 1,100 feet (334 meters), the Ford is the largest warship the US has ever put to sea.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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While en route to England, Nardal’s ship was attacked by a German warship.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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But hidden away in a secret HQ, a group of celebrity saboteurs are watching their every move, carrying out missions designed to disrupt their success.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Even far from the front line, soldiers tend to dress casually—presumably because of the risk of spies or saboteurs.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
7 Oct. 2025
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These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.—
Thomas Wendel,
National Review,
4 July 2019
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The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
10 Jan. 2019
Noun
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Scrub the area with a non-abrasive sponge or cloth.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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To spot-clean, apply a small amount of water with a sponge and scrub gently.—
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt,
Architectural Digest,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Show me exactly how to reorganize my day to focus on growth drivers first, which of my tasks are secretly time-wasters dressed as important work, and how to say no to everything else.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Theories range from the Fitzgerald striking a shoal and suffering bottom damage to flooding through the freighter's hatch covers, which filled the ship with water and sank it, to rogue waves, to structural flaws in the ship that the 1975 storm made deadly.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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The four crew members on board the plane, a Boeing 747 freighter, were rescued and sent to the hospital.—
Peter Guo,
NBC news,
20 Oct. 2025
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Those who predicted a doomed future for all of humanity called us addicts and criminals, leeches and slime (and way worse things) because we were detested, shouted at, dragged by our arms across bedrooms and public sporting events.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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The horror film takes the world of elite sports to disturbing new extremes, filled with brutal ambition, blood-sucking leeches, and hard-hitting serves.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Destroyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destroyer. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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