tank-destroyer
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Rare form of tank destroyer.
Example Sentences
- "I have no doubt that they will try to provide tank-destroyers."
- "Belgium’s newest article of warfare is the “tank-destroyer.” It is a small tank, run by a continuous drive, and pulls a powerful field gun."
- "“Balloon” aprons for air defence; bigger and better artillery of the clouds, firing 1lb. shells at 100 a minute; machine-guns to excel the Czecho-Slovak “Bren” type (worked by gas and firing 600 shots a minute); tank-destroyers of flat trajectory great range and high power of penetration; above all, the “torpedo-proof” warship—here are but a few of the elaborate “killers” and “saviours” to which the ablest human talents are at this moment turned."
- "The tank-destroyer was a kind of armored car with a 76mm cannon."