guided missile destroyer

Noun
  1. A small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship (synset 103185170)
    is a type of: combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war
    subtypes:
    • tin can - informal term for a destroyer
    • torpedo-boat destroyer - small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats
    specific instances: uss cole - a United States destroyer
    same as: destroyer

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