destroyer

Example Sentences

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Plans to replace ageing destroyer warships will be scrapped in favour of at least six new modern "hybrid" vessels equipped to deploy drones in the UK's upcoming defence plan.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

This motley pile, big enough to man a destroyer, is working together to literally support their sister’s audacious rise.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026

The UK said it will send a destroyer to the Middle East ahead of any international mission to help protect shipping in the key Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

The Touska was sailing to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas when it was warned repeatedly over a six hours by the USS Spruance, a guided-missile destroyer, that it was violating the blockade, U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

“Maybe it’s not a him, sister. We know as little as the young cliff-ghast. Maybe the old grandfather was laughing at his ignorance. The word sounds as if it means ‘god destroyer.’

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman