destroyer
Example Sentences
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It did, however, find a 15,000-ton to 20,000-ton ship, larger than a destroyer, would be valuable.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
The battleship, which officials have said would weigh 30,000-40,000 tons, is expected to be up to four times the size of a modern destroyer.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 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
Shelley was a seaman gunner on the destroyer HMS Milne on D-Day and guarded troops going ashore during the Normandy landings in June 1944.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Shouts of agreement arose and I looked behind me, seeing the men who had followed me and thinking, What did he mean, destroyer?
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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