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Torpedo

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Noun

1. gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman

a professional killer who uses a gun

2. bomber, cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep

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

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)

4. torpedo

a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface

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 ahead

6. torpedo

armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target

7. crampfish, electric ray, numbfish, 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 discharges

Verb

8. torpedo

attack or hit with torpedoes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Torpedo

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noun plural -does
1. 
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. 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. US and Canadian
a detonator placed on a railway line as a danger signal
5. 
any of various electric rays of the genus Torpedo
verb -does, -doing or -doed (transitive)
6. 
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

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Torpedo

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nounWord forms: plural torˈpedoes
1. 
electric ray
2.  US
a large, cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater projectile for launching against enemy ships from a submarine, airplane, etc.: it is detonated by contact, sound, etc.
3. 
a metal case containing explosives, esp. one used as an underwater mine
4. 
a small fireworks device consisting of a percussion cap and gravel wrapped in tissue paper, which explodes with a loud noise when thrown against a hard surface
5.  US
an explosive cartridge or a flare, placed on a railroad track and detonated by a train wheel as a signal to the crew
6.  US
an explosive cartridge lowered into oil wells, where it is detonated to clear the bore or break through into the oil pocket
7.  US, Slang
a gangster or gunman hired as a bodyguard, assassin, etc.
verb transitiveWord forms: torˈpedoed or torˈpedoing
8. 
to attack, damage, or destroy with or as with a torpedo

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Torpedo

see synonyms of torpedo
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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