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GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
Synonyms:
destroyer; guided missile destroyer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("guided missile destroyer" is a kind of...):
combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guided missile destroyer"):
tin can (informal term for a destroyer)
torpedo-boat destroyer (small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats)
Instance hyponyms:
USS Cole (a United States destroyer)
