tank destroyer
noun
Simple meaning
An armored vehicle equipped with an antitank gun and capable of high speeds.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
tangkdihstroyerSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtæŋkdɪstɹɔɪɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
military
An armored vehicle equipped with an antitank gun and capable of high speeds
military
An armoured fighting vehicle equipped with an antitank gun or missile launcher.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: An armored vehicle equipped with an antitank gun and capable of high speeds
Used this way, tank destroyer is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a military use: it belongs to service and operational language.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Military
- Historical writing
- News/reporting
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
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