torpedoes

Definition of torpedoes in English English dictionary: third-person singular of torpedo; plural of torpedo
damn the torpedoes: Used to dismiss the risks of a dangerous action
torpedo: To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship
torpedo: To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack
torpedo: To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes
torpedo: A naval mine
torpedo: A submarine sandwich
torpedo: a small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it
torpedo: An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo
torpedo: A professional gunman or assassin
torpedo: {n} the cramp-fish or electric ray, whose touch gives an electric shock
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
torpedo: An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up
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
torpedo: to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo
torpedo: A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon
torpedo: A self-propelled missile fired from a ship, submarine or aircraft that explodes on impact
torpedo: Closed foot, pointy head and bulging in the middle, just like, well, a torpedo
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
torpedo: A fish having wings that generate electric current, a kind of electric ray
torpedo: {f} 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
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
torpedo: {i} 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
torpedo: They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks
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
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
torpedo: An automobile with a torpedo body
torpedo: armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
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
torpedo: A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object
torpedo: a professional killer who uses a gun
torpedo: Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera
torpedo: A torpedo is bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water
torpedo: See Electrical fish, under Electrical
torpedo: attack or hit with torpedoes
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
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
torpedo: A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it
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
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)
torpedo: A cigar shape that features a closed foot, a pointed head and a bulge in the middle
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
torpedo: a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
torpedo: Called also crampfish, and numbfish
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
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

torpedoes

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tôrpidōz

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/tôrˈpēdōz/ /tɔːrˈpiːdoʊz/

Etymology

[ tor-'pE-(")dO ] (noun.) circa 1520. Latin, literally, stiffness, numbness, from torpEre to be sluggish or numb; more at TORPID.

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