destroyer

Example Sentences

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The Royal Navy destroyer, HMS Dragon, is now providing additional air defences operating off the coast of Cyprus.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The U.S. military had taken seriously the risk of an Iranian missile strike and had positioned a guided-missile destroyer near the base, U.S. officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Navy destroyer in the eastern Mediterranean shot down the missile, a U.S. official and a regional official said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

First launched in 2015, the Iris Dena is a destroyer attached to Iran's Southern Fleet, which is tasked with deployments in the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

In the winter of wet years the streams ran full-freshet, and they swelled the river until sometimes it raged and boiled, bank full, and then it was a destroyer.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck