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Naval Destroyer In Old Slang

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noun

• informal term for a destroyer

• airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

37%5Destroyer's destroyer
noun

• military submarine operated by Germany during the First and Second World Wars

37%4Destroyer destroyer
noun

• excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted

• explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel

verb

• get from the earth by excavation

• lay mines

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