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Recent Examples of destroyer
Collymore established himself as a regular destroyer of defences and Clark was touted for manager-of-the-year awards.
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
North Korea plans to build a third 5,000-ton Choe Hyon-class destroyer by October next year and is testing cruise and anti-air missiles for those warships.
—Reuters, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025
The destroyer is one of the Navy’s newest warships.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
On Monday, Reuters reported that three US Navy destroyers and some 4,000 military personnel would arrive at the edge of Venezuela’s territorial waters within the next 36 hours.
—Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
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Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
North Korea plans to build a third 5,000-ton Choe Hyon-class destroyer by October next year and is testing cruise and anti-air missiles for those warships.
—Reuters, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2025
The destroyer is one of the Navy’s newest warships.
—Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
On Monday, Reuters reported that three US Navy destroyers and some 4,000 military personnel would arrive at the edge of Venezuela’s territorial waters within the next 36 hours.
—Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destroyer
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The Philippines grounded a former warship, the BRP Sierra Madre, on the shoal in 1999 and has stationed a small garrison of marines aboard ever since.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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On Sanday, another one of the Orkney Islands, a warship connected to the American Revolution was uncovered on a beach by a schoolboy.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Packers have the NFL’s youngest roster for a third straight year, a group of young, gifted players that might need a game-wrecker to get them over the hump.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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After a promising rookie campaign, Carter established himself as a true game-wrecker last season.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 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 vacuum itself has a six-stage filtration system (main cycle, mess filter, dura-cycle, coarse sponge, fine sponge and HEPA 13 filter).—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
3 Sep. 2025
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Don't make the mistake of using abrasive cleaning products or scrubber sponges on your mixer.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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If instead the corporation digs in, further empowering the unwitting wreckers and saboteurs — well, bless their hearts.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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German federal prosecutors said a Ukrainian national suspected of coordinating a group of saboteurs who in September 2022 blew up the Nord Stream pipelines that transported Russian gas to Europe has been detained in Italy.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Pepler — the great-great-great grandson of James Carruthers, the shipping executive after whom a sunken freighter was named — said the news that the missing ship was finally found overwhelmed him with a flood of emotions.—
Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The small-mouth bass go for the leeches, too.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
23 Aug. 2025
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Her book Saving Fish from Drowning, from drowning features a number of leeches.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
21 Aug. 2025
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Who is a time waster and who is your next biggest client?—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
30 May 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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“Destroyer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/destroyer. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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