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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Torpedo-boat destroyer

· Tor·pe·do-boat· de·stroy·er · IPA
01 A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of torpedo boats, but …
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    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.