Hypertext Webster Gateway: "destroyer"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Destroyer
(Ex. 12:23), the agent employed in the killing of the
first-born; the destroying angel or messenger of God. (Comp. 2
Kings 19:35; 2 Sam. 24:15, 16; Ps. 78:49; Acts 12:23.)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Destroyer \De*stroy"er\, n. [Cf. OF. destruior.]
One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Destroyer \De*stroy"er\, n.
= {Torpedo-boat destroyer}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
destroyer
n 1: a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship [syn:
{guided missile destroyer}]
2: a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a
destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer";
"uprooters of gravestones" [syn: {ruiner}, {undoer}, {waster},
{uprooter}]
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