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Plural of destroyer

regular plural

The plural of destroyer is destroyers.

Forms of destroyer

Singulardestroyer /dəˈstɹɔɪ.ɚ/
Pluraldestroyers
Countablecountable

Destroyers in a sentence

  • These temple destroyers, devotees of ravaging commercialism, seem to have a perfect contempt for Nature, and, instead of lifting their eyes to the God of the mountains, lift them to the Almighty Dollar.1908 January, John Muir, “Hetch Hetchy Valley”, in Sierra Club Bulletin
  • After the freighter was torpedoed, its escorting destroyers depth charged the submarine for two hours, but failed to sink it.From the entry depth charge
  • A Bath boat is the Stradivarius of destroyers!From the entry Stradivarius
  • Apart from Hiei, only three destroyers were missing from the roll call.2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 23:24 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived…. From the entry roll call
  • Reports from SMS Kaiser indicate scouting destroyers attacked and destroyed a large submarine to the north.2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 19:47 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original…. From the entry friendly

Meaning of destroyer

  1. noun That which destroys something.
  2. noun A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
  3. noun A larger warship with guided missile armament, usually intended for air defence or anti-ship roles. Often, but not always, larger than a frigate and smaller than a cruiser.

Full definition of destroyer

Questions about the plural of destroyer

What is the plural of destroyer?
The plural of destroyer is destroyers.
Is destroyer countable?
Destroyer is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: destroyer (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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