| torpedo | self-propelled underwater missile launched from a submarine or boat; (Zoology) fish that has electric organs and is able to give electrical shock from its organs and enlarged pectoral (lives in tropical or temperate seas), crampfish, electric ray, numbfish, electrical fish | en | (isim) | en |
| torpedo | attack with a torpedo; damage with a torpedo; undermine, sabotage, destroy, subvert; detonate an explosive device inside an oil well in order to facilitate the extraction of oil | en | (fiil) | en |
| torpedo | to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo | en | en |
| torpedo | An automobile with a torpedo body | en | en |
| torpedo | armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target 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 a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface 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) attack or hit with torpedoes | en | en |
| torpedo | A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object | en | en |
| torpedo | An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil | en | en |
| torpedo | A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it | en | en |
| torpedo | A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, used as an alarm signal | en | en |
| torpedo | A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore | en | en |
| torpedo | A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship | en | en |
| torpedo | Called also crampfish, and numbfish | en | en |
| torpedo | See Electrical fish, under Electrical | en | en |
| torpedo | An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up | en | en |
| torpedo | Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera | en | en |
| torpedo | They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks | en | en |
| torpedo | A torpedo is bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water | en | en |
| torpedo | If a ship is torpedoed, it is hit, and usually sunk, by a torpedo or torpedoes. More than a thousand people died when the Lusitania was torpedoed | en | en |
| torpedo | If someone torpedoes negotiations or plans, they deliberately prevent them from being completed or from being successful. These attacks are seen as an effort to torpedo the talks. = sabotage, wreck. torpedoes a long narrow weapon that is fired under the surface of the sea and explodes when it hits something. Cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater missile, launched from a submarine, surface vessel, or airplane and designed to explode on contact with the hulls of surface vessels and submarines. It contains devices to control depth and direction as well as a detonator for the explosive-filled warhead. Originally the word referred to any explosive charge, including the weapon now known as a submarine mine. The first modern torpedo (1866) carried an 18-lb (8-kg) charge of dynamite in its nose and was powered by a compressed-air engine driving a single propeller; its range was 200-700 yards (180-640 m). Torpedoes were used successfully by submarines in both world wars, when many merchant ships were sunk, mostly by German U-boats. Torpedoes are now usually propelled by battery-powered electric motors | en | en |
| torpedo | According to page 239 of McKearin's "American Bottles & Flasks ", the torpedo or "egg" bottle was patented in 1809 by William Hamilton of Dublin The bottles curved bottom shaped had several advantages | en | en |
| torpedo | A self-propelled missile fired from a ship, submarine or aircraft that explodes on impact | en | en |
| torpedo | A steel plug, sometimes of spherical shape, designed for use in expanding a lead lining tube against its outer jacket of steel or iron pipe To accomplish this the torpedo is forced through the lead tubing from end to end | en | en |
| torpedo | A cigar shape that features a closed foot, a pointed head and a bulge in the middle | en | en |
| torpedo | A streamlined metal block placed in the path of flow of the plastic material in the heating cylinder of the extruder to speed it into thin layers, thus forcing it into intimate contact with the heating areas | en | en |
| torpedo | Closed foot, pointy head and bulging in the middle, just like, well, a torpedo | en | en |
| torpedo | a professional killer who uses a gun | en | en |
| 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 States | en | en |
| 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) | en | en |
| torpedo | a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface | en | en |
| 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 | en | en |
| torpedo | armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target | en | en |
| 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 | en | en |
| torpedo | attack or hit with torpedoes | en | en |
n,v:torpedoed / torpedoes torpedoing Etymology :Latin, literally, stiffness, numbness, from torpEre to be sluggish or numb; more at TORPID. Pronunciation :tor-'pE-(")dO. Function :noun. Date :circa 1520.
