Destroyer (disambiguation)

A destroyer is a type of warship.

Destroyer may also refer to:

People with the name

• Dick Beyer, stage name The Destroyer, an American professional wrestler
• Rudy Distrito, stage name The Destroyer, a Filipino basketball player

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Destroyer (comics), several characters from DC and Marvel Comics
• Destroyer, also called Destoroyah, a Godzilla villain
• City Destroyers, large harvester ships from Independence Day (1996 film)
• Destroyers, the main antagonists in the expansion pack Guild Wars: Eye of the North
• Destroyer, a massive golem from The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
• The Destroyer, the main antagonist in the first game of the Darksiders series released in 2010
• The Destroyer, a villain from the series Doctor Who
• The Destroyer, a boss from Terraria

Films

• Destroyer (1943 film), an American black-and-white war film
• Destroyer (1988 film), an American horror film
• Destroyer (2018 film), an American crime film
• Conan the Destroyer, a 1984 fantasy adventure film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Tabaahi-The Destroyer, a 1999 Hindi-language Indian action film

Games

• Destroyer (arcade game), released in 1977
• Destroyer (video game), released in 1986

Literature

• Destroyer (novel), set in C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner universe
• The Destroyer (novel series), an action-adventure novel series by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir
• The Destroyers, a World War II military fiction novel by Douglas Reeman

Music

Groups and labels

• Destroyer (band), led by singer-songwriter Daniel Bejar
• Deströyer 666, an Australian metal band
• The Destroyers, the name of George Thorogood's band

Albums

• Destroyer (Gorgoroth album)
• Destroyer (Kiss album), 1976
• Destroyer (Led Zeppelin bootleg recording), 1977
• The Destroyer (album), a 1996 Alec Empire album

Songs

• "Destroyer" (Static-X song), 2007
• "Destroyer" (The Kinks song), 1981
• "Destroyer", a song by Twisted Sister from their album Under the Blade
• "Destroyer", a song by Design the Skyline from their album Nevaeh
• "Destroyer", a song by Parkway Drive from their album Ire
• "Destroyer", a song by Saint Motel from their album Saintmotelevision

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• "Destroyer", the series finale of Justice League Unlimited
• Destroyer Magazine, a Swedish-based gay magazine
• Ibanez Destroyer, a model of electric guitar

Religion

• Destroying angel (Bible), also known as "The Destroyer"
• Shiva the Destroyer, of Hindu tradition

Sports

• Club Destroyers, a football club from Santa Cruz, Bolivia
• Columbus Destroyers, an Arena Football League team
• FC JAX Destroyers, a soccer team based in Jacksonville, Florida
• Mid-Michigan Destroyers, a Premier Basketball League team
• Virginia Destroyers, a United Football League team based in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Weaponry

Aircraft

• Douglas B-66 Destroyer, a US Air Force light bomber
• Douglas BTD Destroyer, a US Navy torpedo bomber
• Direct translation from German for Zerstörer, a class of World War II German combat aircraft exemplified by the Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engine combat aircraft.

Firearms

• Destroyer carbine, a Spanish rifle
• Gaztanaga Destroyer, a Spanish pistol

Tanks

• Tank destroyer, an anti-tank self-propelled armoured fighting vehicle