hävittäjä — meaning in English

English meaning

• destroyer noun Someone or something that destroys.
• fighter noun A person who fights, especially a soldier, boxer, or martial artist.

Senses

hävittäjä is used for these senses in English:

• destroyer (science fiction, by extension) A starship of comparable role.
• fighter A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
• fighter plane (aircraft, military) A military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft. Frequently shortened to fighter.

destroyer — full definition

1. noun Someone or something that destroys.
2. noun A small, fast, heavily armed warship, traditionally smaller than a cruiser but larger than a frigate.

fighter — full definition

1. noun A person who fights, especially a soldier, boxer, or martial artist.
2. noun A person who shows great determination in the face of hardship, such as illness.
3. noun A fast military aircraft built mainly to engage and shoot down other aircraft.

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