torpedo

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In their scheme of things, the torpedo and the sub would play the same "song" and jump frequencies in sync.

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Quick take

a professional killer who uses a gun

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of torpedo gathered in one view.

noun

a professional killer who uses a gun

noun

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

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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)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for torpedo.

noun

a professional killer who uses a gun

noun

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)

noun

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

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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

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

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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

attack or hit with torpedoes

Example sentences

In their scheme of things, the torpedo and the sub would play the same "song" and jump frequencies in sync.

If they torpedo the article, that's that, If they ask Arrington to use his big swinging editor title for real to kill it then that's that.

I'm pretty sure the subtle legalities would be lost on the North Koreans, so they'll definitely shoot down the drone and probably torpedo the boat.

The easiest way is to do a torpedo stroke, which is like an alternating front crawl stoke / back stroke, with your body rotating around its long axis with each stroke.

It only takes one bad upstream commit to entirely torpedo your build, and you've now completely removed the ability to qualify a new library version against the rest of your code base.

Although I have very little respect for homophobes, this doesn't automatically torpedo every other argument a person makes.

As soon as anti-submarine tactics adapted, the battleships were again reasonable safe against torpedo delivery systems.

Nor did I suspect that he was actually willing to torpedo our relationship by copying my work feature for feature, seeking funding without mentioning it, and simultaneously asking for advice.

"" In the climate of anxiety that seems to pervade the industry now, however, any perceived risk factor is sufficient to torpedo a pitch, and so all such discussions end up following the template of the justly famous "Tesla pitches VCs" video.

When you write a paper you choose your target journal, and writing for Nature means you need to avoid rocking the boat too much, because they receive so many submissions that one minor criticism from a referee will torpedo your paper, even if that criticism is demonstrably wrong.

Could surveillance be used to get a "47%" type soundbite to torpedo a future conservative candidate?Couching this debate in national security terms is a losing proposition, because conservatives tend to want to defer to the federal government in national security situations, and liberals are just ecstatic to finally have a President who isn't seen as "weak.