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Torpedo-boat destroyer

Torpedo-boat destroyer Meaning & Definition
Torpedo-boat destroyer Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Torpedo-boat destroyer?

[n] small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats

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See Also | destroyer | guided missile destroyer

Torpedo-boat destroyer In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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