English Explanatory Dictionary

torpedo-boat destroyer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Former name of destroyer.

Word forms

torpedo-boat destroyer torpedo-boat destroyers torpedo boat destroyer

Etymology

From torpedo boat + destroyer. From being a type of combatant originally specialized to counter the newly introduced torpedo boat.

Related words

boat destroyer torpedo

Derived words

destroyer

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