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guided missile destroyer

DEFINITIONS OF: guided missile destroyer

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n a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship

Synonyms:
destroyer
Examples:
USS Cole
a United States destroyer
Types:
tin can
informal term for a destroyer
torpedo-boat destroyer
small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats
Type of:
combat ship, war vessel, warship
a government ship that is available for waging war
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