Synonyms for destroyer

noun

1. A destructive agent

   annihilator, wrecker, vandal, exterminator, iconoclast, nihilist, assassin, executioner, hangman, strangler, butcher, slayer, gunman, decapitator, guillotiner, slaughterer, cutthroat, lyncher, anarchist, terrorist, firebrand, incendiary, arsonist, pyromaniac, bomber, desperado, scourge, dealer of destruction, demolisher, defacer, ruiner, eradicator, despoiler, ransacker, pillager, looter, savage, plague, pestilence, rust, cancer, acid, bane, canker, wild beast, poison, virus, fungus, hatchet man*, Goth*, Hun*, Nazi*; see also arsonist, criminal, killer, weapon 1.

   Antonyms author*, restorer, creator.

2. A swift armed surface vessel

   battleship, light unit, fighting vessel; see ship, warship.