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as in desecrator
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as in warship
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Recent Examples of destroyer
Sailors on the destroyer USS Carney were awarded combat medals after shooting down 14 Houthi drones that attacked them at sea in December 2023.
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The Editors, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
This Week China's Rivals Flex Aircraft Carrier Muscles US Ally Fixes US Navy Ship in Strategic Milestone
Trump Warns North Korea With Allied Carrier Drill
The Nimitz is deployed with destroyers USS Curtis Wilbur, USS Gridley, USS Wayne E. Meyer, and USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
The deployment came one week after the U.S. Northern Command ordered the destroyer USS Gravely, which is based in Norfolk, Va., to travel to the Gulf of Mexico for the same reason.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Like moving a Navy destroyer once on station in the Red Sea to our southern border.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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The Editors, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
This Week China's Rivals Flex Aircraft Carrier Muscles US Ally Fixes US Navy Ship in Strategic Milestone
Trump Warns North Korea With Allied Carrier Drill
The Nimitz is deployed with destroyers USS Curtis Wilbur, USS Gridley, USS Wayne E. Meyer, and USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee.
—Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025
The deployment came one week after the U.S. Northern Command ordered the destroyer USS Gravely, which is based in Norfolk, Va., to travel to the Gulf of Mexico for the same reason.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Like moving a Navy destroyer once on station in the Red Sea to our southern border.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for destroyer
Noun
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Latest footage released by the U.S. Central Command on X shows missiles were fired from a warship and fighter jets were launched from the Harry S. Truman to strike the Houthis.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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The oilers are particularly needed in the Indo-Pacific and Persian Gulf — areas regularly patrolled by warships based in San Diego, Hawaii, Washington state and sites in Japan.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In our case, this was a potential vacation wrecker.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2025
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As of Sunday afternoon, wreckers were dispatched and the road was anticipated to be cleared shortly, according to Connecticut State Police.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 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
Noun
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Creating a tower of sponge with knafeh proved challenging, though.—
Claire Turrell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Sea Salt Slide Tin $6 Jacobsen Salt Co. A clean sponge Anyone else grossed out at the thought of using the mystery sponge that’s been sitting in your Airbnb’s sink for God knows how long?—
Alaina Chou,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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Both qualities suggest he’ll be easily manipulated by the senior senator from his home state, who ultimately becomes Smith’s saboteur and nemesis when the scales fall from the younger man’s eyes.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2025
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Our own inner saboteurs, as RuPaul would say, are really the villain of the story.—
Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The agency had said mission teams would inspect the freighter over the coming days to determine if Cygnus itself was still intact.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Chris Cook, Maersk’s managing director for South Asia, told the Economic Times that the company would explore the potential and feasibility of investing in dedicated air freighters and partnerships in the green fuel segment in India.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Americans know the federal government is squandering too many of their dollars on low-return programs, allowing too much of their money to be siphoned off by grifters and supporting too many leeches who are bleeding taxpayers dry.—
Nolan Finley,
Twin Cities,
4 Mar. 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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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 16 Apr. 2025.
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