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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 torpedo-boat destroyer
      n : small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern
          destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats