commerce destroyer

noun

A fast, unarmoured, lightly armed naval vessel designed to capture or destroy the enemy's merchant ships.

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Meanings

nouncommerce destroyer (plural commerce destroyers)

plural commerce destroyers

  1. datedhistoricalgovernmentA fast, unarmoured, lightly armed naval vessel designed to capture or destroy the enemy's merchant ships.
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APA

commerce destroyer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commerce%20destroyer

MLA

“commerce destroyer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commerce%20destroyer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commerce destroyer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commerce%20destroyer.

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