torpedo-boat destroyer

tor·pe·do-boat destroyer

(tôr-pē′dō-bōt′)n. A large, heavily armed torpedo boat used in combat especially against other torpedo boats, notably in the early 1900s.

torpedo-boat destroyer

n (Historical Terms) (formerly) a large powerful high-speed torpedo boat designed to destroy enemy torpedo boats: a forerunner of the modern destroyer, from which the name is derived

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torpedo-boat destroyer - small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boatsdestroyer, guided missile destroyer - a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship