Definition of Tank destroyer

1. Noun. An armored vehicle equipped with an antitank gun and capable of high speeds.


Definition of Tank destroyer

1. Noun. (military) An armoured fighting vehicle equipped with an antitank gun or missile launcher. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tank Destroyer

tanh
tanha
tanhs
tanier
tanist
tanistries
tanistry
tanists
tanite
taniwha
taniwhas
tank
tank bioreactor
tank car
tank circuit
tank destroyer (current term)
tank destroyers
tank driver
tank engine
tank engines
tank farm
tank farming
tank furnace
tank iron
tank loaf
tank locomotive
tank park
tank respirator
tank shell
tank ship

Literary usage of Tank destroyer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Armor-Cavalry Regiments: Army National Guard Lineage edited by Jeffrey Lynn Pope, Leonid E. Kondratiuk (1999)
"(636th tank destroyer Battalion allotted 17 February 1942 to the Texas National Guard). Inactivated 4 December 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. ..."

2. Sketches in Crude Oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1896)
"... but lightning is the champion tank-destroyer. The result of an electric-bolt and a tank of inflammable oil engaging in a debate may be imagined. ..."

3. Sketches in Crude Oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1896)
"... but lightning is the champion tank-destroyer. The result of an electric-bolt anii a tank of inflammable oil engaging in a debate may be imagined. ..."

4. Sketches in Crude-oil: Some Accidents and Incidents of the Petroleum by John James McLaurin (1902)
"... but lightning is the champion tank-destroyer. The result of an electric-bolt and a tank of inflammable oil engaging in a debate may be imagined. ..."

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