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destroyer, guided missile destroyernoun
a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship
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guided missile destroyer, waster, ruiner, uprooter, undoer -
destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooternoun
a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
«a destroyer of the environment»; «jealousy was his undoer»; «uprooters of gravestones»
Synonyms:
guided missile destroyer, wastrel, unfastener, untier, undoer, opener, uprooter, ruiner, waster
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President Trump:
An American destroyer, USS Mahan, is currently shadowing the ship. An American destroyer thesame Russian spy ship President Trump threatened to shoot in 2017 not long after taking office.The Russian ship returned a year later. Hey, the greatest thing I could do is shoot that ship thats 30 miles offshore right out of the water, everyone in this country is going to say, Oh, its so great. Thats not great. Thats not great. I would love to be able to get along with Russia.
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Starhawk:
…desire cracks open the gates. If you’re ready it will take you through. But nothing lasts forever, time is the destroyer, the wheel turns again and again, watch out it will take you through.
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Anton Pavlovich Chekhov:
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he’s been given. But up to now he hasn’t been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life’s become extinct, and the climate’s ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
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Jens Stoltenberg:
We are ready to help, but they have to request it – so we will not send in troops and we will not do any activities in Libya at all without a request from the Libyan government. Britain has provisionally offered to contribute 1,000 troops to an Italian-led training mission. Stoltenberg also condemned flyby of Russian warplanes in the Baltic Sea over a US Navy destroyer that took place Monday. He called Russia’s behavior.
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Tan Kefei:
The U.S. has frequently carried out similar provocative acts, which are of a very bad nature, fully showing that it is the biggest destroyer of peace and stability and the biggest cause of security risks in the Taiwan Strait, we firmly oppose and strongly condemn this.
Translations for destroyer
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- مدمرArabic
- destructorCatalan, Valencian
- torpédoborec, ničitelCzech
- destroyerDanish
- Zerstörer, ZerstGerman
- καταστροφέαςGreek
- detruantoEsperanto
- destructor, destruidorSpanish
- ویرانگرPersian
- hävittäjä, tuhoojaFinnish
- destroyer, destructeur, contre-torpilleurFrench
- scriostaIrish
- הורס, משחתתHebrew
- मिटाने वालाHindi
- rombolóHungarian
- ականակիրArmenian
- perusakIndonesian
- cacciatorpediniere, distruttoreItalian
- מַשׁחHebrew
- 駆逐艦Japanese
- ವಿಧ್ವಂಸಕKannada
- 파괴자Korean
- praedoLatin
- pembinasa, perosak, kapal pembinasaMalay
- torpedojagerDutch
- øydeleggjar, øydarNorwegian Nynorsk
- ødeleggerNorwegian
- niszczycielPolish
- contratorpedeiro, destruidorPortuguese
- distrugătorRomanian
- разрушитель, эсминец, миноносец, истребительRussian
- jagareSwedish
- அழிக்கும்Tamil
- డిస్ట్రాయర్Telugu
- ผู้ทำลายThai
- yok ediciTurkish
- руйнівникUkrainian
- تباہیUrdu
- tàu khu trụcVietnamese
- צעשטערןYiddish
- 驅逐艦Chinese
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But the rumble of distant guns told the destroyer that his short-lived hour of triumph was nearly sped.
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Left on a picket boat with Birdie to board my destroyer to an accompaniment of various denominations of projectiles.
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When the Turks saw a destroyer come bustling up at an unusual hour they said to themselves, «fee faw fum!»
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WORDS RELATED TO DESTROYER
- billow
- destroyer
- roller
- surf
- wave
- bane
- bankrupt
- beggar
- botch
- break
- bust
- crush
- decimate
- deface
- defeat
- defile
- demolish
- deplete
- deplore
- depredate
- desecrate
- despoil
- destroyer
- destruction
- devour
- dilapidate
- disfigure
- do in
- downfall
- drain
- exhaust
- fleece
- impoverish
- injure
- maim
- make a mess of
- mangle
- mar
- mutilate
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- pauperize
- pillage
- rape
- ravish
- raze
- reduce
- sack
- shatter
- smash
- spoil
- total
- undoing
- use up
- wipe out
- wrack
- wreck
- wrecker
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- bad luck
- bad omen
- bane
- blight
- blow
- blunder
- calamity
- casualty
- catastrophe
- collapse
- curse
- defeat
- destroyer
- difficulty
- disgrace
- doom
- downfall
- error
- failure
- fault
- faux pas
- flaw
- fumble
- grief
- humiliation
- last straw
- misadventure
- miscalculation
- mischance
- mishap
- misstep
- omission
- overthrow
- overturn
- reversal
- reverse
- ruin
- ruination
- shame
- slip
- smash
- stumble
- subversion
- trial
- trip
- trouble
- visitation
- weakness
- wreck
- defacer
- despoiler
- destroyer
- hoodlum
- looter
- mischief-maker
- pillager
- pirate
- plunderer
- ravager
- thief
- battleship
- corvette
- cruiser
- cutter
- destroyer
- dreadnaught
- dreadnought
- frigate
- gunboat
- submarine
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347 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪstɹˈɔ͡ɪə], [ dɪstɹˈɔɪə], [ d_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈɔɪ_ə]
Related words: battleship destroyer, destroyer history, destroyer class destroyer, destroyer uss wisconsin, australian destroyer, admiral lenin destroyer, american destroyer
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- ruin,
- destruction,
- help,
- downfall.
• a destructive agent (noun)
- chemotherapy,
- cancer,
- exterminator,
- radiation,
- ransacker,
- Assassin,
- Demolisher,
- annihilator,
- executioner,
- bomber,
- slaughterer,
- firebrand,
- iconoclast,
- eradicator,
- savage,
- poison.
• artifact (noun)
- destroyer,
- guided missile destroyer.
• a swift armed surface vessel (noun)
- ship,
- light unit fighting vessel,
- battleship.
• boat (noun)
- frigate,
- houseboat,
- lifeboat,
- paddle boat,
- Bateau,
- liner,
- fishing boat,
- catamaran,
- barge,
- ferry,
- sailboat,
- gondola,
- raft,
- icebreaker,
- hulk,
- dory,
- merchantman,
- cabin cruiser,
- hydrofoil,
- ocean liner,
- yacht,
- submarine,
- motorboat,
- scow,
- sampan,
- aircraft carrier,
- canoe,
- speedboat,
- cargo boat,
- steamboat,
- freighter,
- vessel,
- tugboat,
- boat,
- longboat,
- kayak,
- gunboat,
- cutter,
- dugout,
- skiff,
- galley,
- watercraft,
- rowboat,
- bark,
- cruiser,
- schooner,
- pontoon,
- scull,
- trawler,
- dinghy,
- tanker.
• breaker (noun)
- roller,
- rollers.
• destroyer (noun)
- ruiner,
- scourge,
- undoer,
- uprooter,
- terminator,
- waster,
- murderer.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- breaker,
- Defacer,
- pillager,
- mischiefmaker,
- Ravager,
- vandal,
- warship,
- over turn,
- pillagers,
- ravagers,
- despoiler,
- undoing,
- despoilers.
• ruination (noun)
- make a mess of,
- bring to ruin,
- bankrupts,
- wreak havoc on,
- clean out,
- spoilate,
- dilapidate,
- use up,
- wreckers,
- lay waste,
- dilapidates.
• undoing (noun)
- de stroyers,
- re versal,
- mis-calculations,
- un-doings,
- mis steps,
- mis-adventure,
- dis graces,
- dis grace,
- re-versal,
- mis-adventures,
- over-turn,
- sub versions,
- de-stroyers,
- re-verse,
- de stroyer,
- dis-graces,
- mis adventures,
- over-throw,
- bad omen,
- mis-calculation,
- de-stroyer,
- over throw,
- over-throws,
- un doings,
- sub-version,
- mis chance,
- de feat,
- sub version,
- de feats,
- sub-versions,
- de-feat,
- re verse,
- dis-grace,
- over throws,
- over turns,
- mis calculation,
- mis chances,
- mis adventure,
- un doing,
- de-feats,
- bad omens,
- un-doing.
• vandal (noun)
- de spoilers,
- de-spoiler,
- mischief maker,
- de facers,
- de facer,
- de-facer,
- de spoiler,
- de-spoilers,
- de-facers,
- defacers.
• warship (noun)
- cutters,
- dreadnoughts,
- gunboats,
- dreadnaught,
- cruisers,
- corvettes.
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Other synonyms:
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- corvette,
- troopship,
- minesweeper,
- armada,
- battle cruiser,
- wrecker.
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- ruination.
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- bane.
• battleship
- man-of-war.
• craftsman
- builder.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- brig,
- patter,
- pelt,
- wastrel,
- cat,
- carrier,
- guard ship,
- idol breaker,
- clipper,
- bungler,
- nihilist,
- tin can,
- eliminator,
- opener,
- bravo,
- foist,
- router,
- Dynamitard,
- ram,
- conqueror,
- acid,
- monitor,
- steamer,
- extinguisher,
- predator,
- blighter,
- cutthroat,
- victor,
- thwack,
- pyromaniac,
- submersible,
- can,
- plunderer,
- Quencher,
- battlewagon,
- desperado,
- plague,
- snow,
- Sailer,
- damager,
- first-rate,
- barque,
- capital ship,
- hangman,
- tyrant,
- transgressor,
- dab,
- lugger,
- dissolver,
- harmer,
- cankerworm,
- Barkantine,
- barbarian,
- wrongdoer,
- Devastator,
- flattop,
- ravisher,
- crasher,
- wild man,
- oppressor,
- hermaphrodite brig,
- canker,
- windjammer,
- beat,
- crusher,
- hyena,
- swap,
- defeatist,
- slayer,
- ketch,
- anthropophagite,
- devourer,
- pestilence,
- Destructor,
- violator,
- torpedo-boat,
- brute,
- rapist,
- unfastener,
- buffet,
- rust,
- butcher,
- bang,
- smack,
- Extirpator,
- Clearer,
- perisher,
- remover,
- Floating battery,
- fungus,
- privateer,
- spendthrift,
- man-eater,
- yawl,
- dandy,
- finisher,
- brigantine,
- demolition,
- Chasse-maree,
- dowse,
- whack,
- consumer,
- nazi,
- blaster,
- untier,
- Ender,
- beast,
- dreadnought,
- belabor,
- anarchist,
- Desecrator,
- Armored cruiser,
- dash,
- hun,
- Crippler,
- Idoloclast,
- tiger,
- buss,
- mutilator,
- Dasher,
- flap,
- abuser,
- razor,
- shark,
- smasher,
- hoy,
- terrorist,
- protected cruiser,
- baste,
- ironclad,
- impairer,
- gunman,
- bomb vessel,
- virus,
- sloop,
- poke at,
- flagship,
- destroy,
- turret ship,
- subverter,
- saboteur,
- pip,
- burner,
- criminal,
- strike hard,
- Confounder,
- Muddler,
- animal,
- Desolater,
- steamship,
- thump,
- dynamiter,
- slam,
- biblioclast,
- landing ship,
- punch,
- pat,
- arsonist,
- batter,
- incendiary,
- blow,
- sailing vessel,
- Batterer,
- devastation,
- weapon,
- mischief-maker,
- Marplot,
- syndicalist,
- sloop of war,
- cannibal.
How to use «Destroyer» in context?
Destroyer is a naval warfare classification for a warship or boat that is designed to attack and destroy other naval vessels or coastal facilities. Destroyers are typically fast, heavily armed, and capable of long range combat.
Only a few nations operate destroyers, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Russia. They play an important role in defending coastal nations and crucial sea lanes. Destroyers are critical in combatingSubmarines, mines, and EOD Teams.
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
vessel.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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destroyed, USS.
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Noun, singular or mass
destruction, ship.
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Proper noun, singular
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Proper noun, singular
destructive, devastating.
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Noun, singular or mass
frigate, warship.
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Proper noun, singular
Homophones for Destroyer:
- detector, do-gooder, disaster, disaster area, dog star, doctor, dictator, dexter, digester, decoder, daisy cutter, dishwater, duster, decatur, daughter, digitaria, dogwood tree, destroy, daystar, Dutch Door, doctorow.
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war vessel, warship, combat ship.
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artifact
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destroyer
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Definition of destroyer
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as in desecrator
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desecrator
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wrecker
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saboteur
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waster
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demolisher
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despoiler
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ravager
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ruiner
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vandal
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desecrater
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defacer
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tagger
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graffitist
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protector
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preserver
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saver
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conservator
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conserver
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preservationist
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protector
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preserver
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saver
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conservator
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conserver
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preservationist
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warship
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merchantman
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freighter
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tanker
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cutter
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cruiser
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flagship
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trader
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steamship
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corvette
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steamer
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aircraft carrier
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collier
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barge
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merchant ship
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superliner
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liner
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man—of—war
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ship
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lightship
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motor ship
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containership
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watercraft
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ferryboat
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coaster
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transport
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tramp
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argosy
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supertanker
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ironclad
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icebreaker
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man—o’—war
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keel
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boat
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packet
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vessel
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barque
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schooner
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yacht
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brig
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square—rigger
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brigantine
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sailboat
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caravel
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bark
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clipper
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tall ship
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windjammer
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ketch
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junk
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xebec
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devourer
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sponge
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leech
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exploiter
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user
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predator
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sponger
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vampire
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vulture
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kite
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wolf
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shark
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buzzard
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harpy
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bloodsucker
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prey
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prey
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