destroyers

noun

plural of destroyer
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as in saboteurs

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as in warships

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as in devourers

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  1. saboteurs
  2. warships
  3. sponges
  4. wasters
  5. tankers
  6. users
  7. cutters
  8. leeches
Noun
  • But no regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president did tonight.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • In 1916, German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey, killing about a dozen people.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of saboteurs
Noun
  • At least five San Diego warships will participate in RimPac, as well as dozens of foreign vessels, including BAP Pisco, a Peruvian amphibious warship that arrived in San Diego on Monday.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Russia’s 2022 Warship Law also requires 90 days' advance notice for foreign warships to transit the passage, limits the route to one warship at a time, and requires submarines to surface.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
Definition of warships
Noun
  • Battered metal is as crucial to his kit as conventional drum sounds, and even his tonal elements feel as malleable as wrung-out sponges or wet lumps of clay.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
  • The corals and sponges had been dusted with the silty mud from the dredge.
    — Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of sponges
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  • Include categories for deep work, admin tasks, communication, and time wasters.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of wasters
Noun
  • There has been very limited demand to book tankers to load oil from ports in the Persian Gulf, a step that would need to happen for shipments from the export installations to happen, shipbrokers and tanker owners said Friday.
    — Alex Longley, Fortune, 20 June 2026
Definition of tankers
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  • The report notes the area is known by detectives to be a high crime area with multiple stray dogs and wandering drug users.
    — Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2026
  • On Tuesday, social media feeds were flooded with users shocked after allegedly witnessing celebrity blogger Perez Hilton live-streaming acts of self-harm on TikTok.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of users
Noun
  • The 14-story neo-Gothic structure (nicknamed the Jewelers Building) once housed five floors alone of diamond cutters, goldsmiths, and other jewelers, with the rest of the building dedicated to other places for wealthy Detroiters to splurge.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2026
  • Highly integrated, the company’s teams range from leather artisans and pattern cutters to engineers, architects and retail staff.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
Definition of cutters
Noun
  • The lightning-fast process leeches out flavor and compromises textures, and can produce bland, mushy results.
    — Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 June 2026
  • The fact is that leeches are relished by everything from walleyes and bass to trout and all the panfish.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
Definition of leeches
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