torpedo-boat destroyer
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torpedo-boat destroyer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Torpedo-boat destroyer \Tor*pe"do-boat` de*stroy"er\
A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo
boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of
torpedo boats, but later used also as a more formidable
torpedo boat.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
torpedo-boat destroyer - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
torpedo-boat destroyer
n 1: small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern
destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats
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