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tor·pe·do
(tôr-pē′dō)n. pl. tor·pe·does
1. A cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater projectile launched from a submarine, aircraft, or ship and designed to detonate on contact with or in the vicinity of a target.
2. Any of various submarine explosive devices, especially a submarine mine.
3. A small explosive placed on a railroad track that is fired by the weight of the train to sound a warning of a hazard ahead.
4. An explosive fired in an oil or gas well to begin or increase the flow.
5. A small firework consisting of gravel wrapped in tissue paper with a percussion cap that explodes when thrown against a hard surface.
6. See electric ray.
7. Slang A professional assassin or thug.
8. Chiefly New Jersey See submarine sandwich.
tr.v. tor·pe·doed, tor·pe·do·ing, tor·pe·does
1. To attack, strike, or sink with a torpedo.
2. To destroy decisively; wreck: torpedo efforts at reform.
[Latin torpēdō, numbness, electric ray, from torpēre, to be stiff; see ster- in Indo-European roots.]
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torpedo
(tɔːˈpiːdəʊ)n, pl -does
1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a cylindrical self-propelled weapon carrying explosives that is launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines and follows an underwater path to hit its target
2. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) obsolete a submarine mine
3. US and Canadian a firework containing gravel and a percussion cap that explodes when dashed against a hard surface
4. (Railways) US and Canadian a detonator placed on a railway line as a danger signal
5. (Animals) any of various electric rays of the genus Torpedo
vb (tr) , -does, -doing or -doed
6. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) to hit (a ship, etc) with one or a number of torpedoes
7. to render ineffective; destroy or wreck: to torpedo the administration's plan.
[C16: from Latin: crampfish (whose electric discharges can cause numbness), from torpēre to be inactive; see torpid]
torˈpedo-ˌlike adj
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tor•pe•do
(tɔrˈpi doʊ)n., pl. -does, n.
1. a self-propelled underwater missile containing a high explosive and often a guidance system, usu. launched from a submarine or other warship against surface vessels.
2. any of various submarine explosive devices for destroying hostile ships, as a mine.
3. any of various other explosive devices, as a firework that consists of an explosive wrapped up with gravel in a piece of tissue paper and that detonates when thrown against a hard surface.
4. any electric ray, esp. Torpedo nobiliana, of the Atlantic Ocean.
5. a hero sandwich.
6. Slang. a gangster hired as a murderer.
v.t. 7. to attack, hit, damage, or destroy with or as if with torpedoes.
[1510–20; < Latin torpēdō numbness, torpidity, electric ray =torpē(re) to be stiff (compare torpid) + -dō n. suffix]
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torpedo
Past participle: torpedoed
Gerund: torpedoing
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| Noun | 1. |  torpedo - a professional killer who uses a gunliquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) |
| 2. |  torpedo - 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 Stateshero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine sandwich, zep, wedge, submarine, bomber, hero sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them | |
| 3. |  torpedo - 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)explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy | |
| 4. |  torpedo - a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surfacefirework, pyrotechnic - (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | |
| 5. |  torpedo - 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 aheadexplosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy | |
| 6. |  torpedo - armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a targetaerial torpedo - a torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane armament - weaponry used by military or naval force bangalore torpedo - a metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire homing torpedo - a torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines) submarine torpedo - a torpedo designed to be launched from a submarine | |
| 7. |  torpedo - 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 dischargesray - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins family Torpedinidae, Torpedinidae - electric rays | |
| Verb | 1. |  torpedo - attack or hit with torpedoes |
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torpedo
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Translations
طُربيد: صاروخ تَحت مائي لِنَسْف السُّفُنيُهاجِم بالطوربيد
torpédotorpédovat
torpederetorpedo
torpedoraya eléctrica
sähkörauskutorpedo
megtorpedóztorpedó
skjóta tundurskeytum aî e-utundurskeyti
torpedatorpeduoti
torpēdatorpedēt
torpédotorpédovať
torpedo
torped
torpidotorpillemek
torpedo
[tɔːˈpiːdəʊ]A. N (torpedoes (pl)) → torpedo m
B. VT (lit, fig) → torpedear
C. CPD torpedo boat N → torpedero m, lancha f torpedera
torpedo tube N → tubo m lanzatorpedos, lanzatorpedos m inv
torpedo tube N → tubo m lanzatorpedos, lanzatorpedos m inv
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torpedo
[tɔːrˈpiːdəʊ] [torpedoes] (pl) n → torpille f
vt
[+ ship] → torpiller
[+ negotiations, plans] → torpillertorpedo boat n → torpilleur m
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torpedo
(toːˈpiːdəu) – plural torˈpedoes – noun an underwater missile fired at ships. an enemy torpedo.
verb 3rd person singular present tense torpedoes. past tense, past participle torˈpedoed – to attack, damage or destroy with torpedoes: The ship was torpedoed.
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