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as in desecrator
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as in warship
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Recent Examples of destroyer
Accidents involving the huge ships and commercial vessels are rare as the carriers usually travel with a strike group, protected by a screen of destroyers.
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Natasha Bertrand, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Clinton also ignored several intelligence warnings about al-Qaida, even after its deadly attacks on two U.S. embassies in 1998, and in 2000 on the USS Cole, a U.S. Navy destroyer.
—Mark S. Chandler, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025
And because the convoy had to maintain radio silence, the captain of the destroyer couldn’t tell anyone.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force JS Kaga: Kure, Japan The Kaga, which is a helicopter destroyer undergoing conversion into an aircraft carrier, was spotted in Kure in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture on Friday, according to open-source data provided by the ship-tracking site MarineTraffic.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Natasha Bertrand, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
Clinton also ignored several intelligence warnings about al-Qaida, even after its deadly attacks on two U.S. embassies in 1998, and in 2000 on the USS Cole, a U.S. Navy destroyer.
—Mark S. Chandler, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2025
And because the convoy had to maintain radio silence, the captain of the destroyer couldn’t tell anyone.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force JS Kaga: Kure, Japan The Kaga, which is a helicopter destroyer undergoing conversion into an aircraft carrier, was spotted in Kure in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture on Friday, according to open-source data provided by the ship-tracking site MarineTraffic.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destroyer
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What's next: Sens. Mike Lee and John Curtis, both Utah Republicans, want the option to build warships and major components overseas, in NATO countries and friendly Indo-Pacific areas (think Japan or South Korea).—
Colin Demarest,
Axios,
8 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, Chinese warships have been sighted near Vietnam and Taiwan, part of a show of Chinese naval strength in the Pacific region that regularly rattles US allies.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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If Williams becomes a game wrecker and perennial Pro Bowler in New England and the Panthers’ defensive reinforcements fail to move the needle, Monday might be remembered most for the one that got away.—
Joseph Person,
The Athletic,
11 Mar. 2025
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Ryles is a leader and 5-foot-3 game wrecker whose 29 points gave the Baltimore native 87 over three games this week.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Feb. 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
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The cushions have a two-inch thick sponge interior that is plush yet supportive, and they’re covered in removable, water-resistant fabric cases.—
Shea Simmons,
People.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Glass sponges are found along the deep sea, providing a hiding place for small critters along the seafloor.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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Such invective, coming from a saboteur with firsthand experience of institutional prudishness, put DeGenevieve in a paradoxical position: that of a professor who, because she was tenured, had the luxury of deriding her own ivory tower.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
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Before the computer age, saboteurs had trouble calibrating and controlling the effects of their actions.—
Thomas Rid,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2013
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Daryl was taken captive in Maine by a crew of French sailors and shipped back to France on a freighter ship.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
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The thick ice even temporarily stranded a Canadian cargo freighter.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
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Are you surrounded by individuals who drain your energy (i.e., leeches and loafers)?—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Moist mode removed air effectively without letting liquid leech too far toward the chamber.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appétit,
27 Jan. 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
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Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
24 Oct. 2024
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“Destroyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destroyer. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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