Synonyms for destroyer
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Devastator — that which destroys something
Other
vandal, wrecker, builder, iconoclast, breaker, hun, annihilator
Definitions
- n. 1
That which destroys something.
- n. 2
A small, fast warship with light gun armament, smaller than a cruiser, but bigger than a frigate.
Forms
- Plural
- destroyers → ruiners, uprooters, wasters, devastators…
Example sentences
- builder Mr Brown contracted with the builder for a new house.
- breaker It never occurred to me that he was a prison-breaker.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| destroyer | steady | |
| ruiner | steady | |
| uprooter | steady | |
| devastator | steady | |
| decimator | rising | |
| builder | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- hun1
- 6 letters
- vandal2, waster2, ruiner
- 7 letters
- builder2, breaker2, wrecker2
- 8 letters
- uprooter
- 9 letters
- decimator
- 10 letters
- iconoclast4, devastator
- 11 letters
- annihilator
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vandal2 = 2 syllables).