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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.

See destroyer in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

Something that causes total loss or severe impairment, as of one's health, fortune, honor, or hopes:

bane, destruction, downfall, ruin, ruination, undoing, wrecker. See help

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