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- Dictionarytor·pe·do/tôrˈpēdō/
noun
- 1. a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship or submarine or dropped into the water from an aircraft and to explode on reaching a target.
- 2. an electric ray.
verb
- 1. attack or sink (a ship) with a torpedo or torpedoes: "the liner was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine"
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1. : a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as. a. : a submarine mine. b. : a thin cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile. 2. : a small firework that explodes when thrown against a hard object. 3. : electric ray. 4. : a professional gunman or assassin. 5. : submarine entry 2 sense 2. torpedo.
TORPEDO definition: 1. a long, thin bomb that travels underwater in order to destroy the ship at which it is aimed 2…. Learn more.
Torpedo definition: a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines..
torpedo. A torpedo is bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water. If a ship is torpedoed, it is hit, and usually sunk, by a torpedo or torpedoes. If someone torpedoes negotiations or plans, they deliberately prevent them from being completed or from being successful.
A torpedo is a type of missile or bomb fired underwater. To torpedo is to attack with torpedoes. Torpedoes are cigar-shaped projectiles that are used to attack other submarines or boats. The word torpedo comes from the name of a kind of electric ray that numbs you with its sting (torpediniformes).
A torpedo is a bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water. 2. If a ship is torpedoed , it is hit, and usually sunk, by a torpedo or torpedoes.
torpedo - definition, audio pronunciation and more for torpedo: a long, thin bomb that is fired from a ship and moves under water to destroy another ship: See more in Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary.
TORPEDO meaning: a long, thin bomb that is fired from a ship and moves under water to destroy another ship. Learn more.
Define torpedo. torpedo synonyms, torpedo pronunciation, torpedo translation, English dictionary definition 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...
TORPEDO meaning: a bomb that is shaped like a tube and that is fired underwater.
