Torpedo - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|tɔːrˈpiːdəʊ|
Brit.
|tɔːˈpiːdəʊ|
noun
- a professional killer who uses a gun (syn: gun, gunman, hitman, shooter)
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States (syn: bomber, grinder, hero, sub, submarine, wedge)
- an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
- a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
- a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
- armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
- any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges (syn: numbfish)
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States (syn: bomber, grinder, hero, sub, submarine, wedge)
- an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
- a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
- a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
- armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
- any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges (syn: numbfish)
verb
- attack or hit with torpedoes
Extra examples
The battleship was sunk by a torpedo fired by a submarine.
...that deli's torpedoes are big enough to serve two people...
The torpedo explodes.
The torpedo hits its target.
New threats of violence have effectively torpedoed the peace talks.
The torpedo made a direct hit.
The torpedo sank the ship.
Till midnight they were harried by torpedo attacks.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: torpedo
he/she/it: torpedoes
present participle: torpedoing
past tense: torpedoed
past participle: torpedoed
I/you/we/they: torpedo
he/she/it: torpedoes
present participle: torpedoing
past tense: torpedoed
past participle: torpedoed
noun
singular: torpedo
plural: torpedoes
singular: torpedo
plural: torpedoes
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