GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship

Synonyms:

destroyer; guided missile destroyer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("guided missile destroyer" is a kind of...):

combat ship; war vessel; warship (a government ship that is available for waging war)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guided missile destroyer"):

tin can (informal term for a destroyer)

torpedo-boat destroyer (small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats)

Instance hyponyms:

USS Cole (a United States destroyer)