destructor

Definitions of destructor
  1. noun
    a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
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    cazatorpedero
    small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats
    type of:
    barco de guerra, buque de guerra
    a government ship that is available for waging war
  2. noun
    a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
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    iconoclasta
    a destroyer of images used in religious worship
    saboteador
    someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
    vándalo
    someone who willfully destroys or defaces property
    type of:
    mala persona
    a person who does harm to others
  3. noun
    someone who demolishes or dismantles buildings as a job
    synonyms: demoledor
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    desguazador
    someone who buys old buildings or ships and breaks them up to recover the materials in them
    type of:
    mano de obra, trabajador manual
    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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