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Defenition of the word torpedo

    • Defenition of the word torpedo

      • A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
      • 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
      • 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
      • a professional killer who uses a gun
      • a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
      • attack or hit with torpedoes
      • 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)

    Synonyms for the word torpedo

      • bomber
      • crampfish
      • Cuban sandwich
      • electric ray
      • grinder
      • gun
      • gunman
      • gunslinger
      • hero
      • hero sandwich
      • hired gun
      • hit man
      • hoagie
      • hoagy
      • Italian sandwich
      • numbfish
      • poor boy
      • shooter
      • sub
      • submarine
      • submarine sandwich
      • wedge
      • zep

    Meronymys for the word torpedo

      • family Torpedinidae
      • Torpedinidae

    Hyponyms for the word torpedo

      • aerial torpedo
      • bangalore torpedo
      • homing torpedo
      • submarine torpedo

    Hypernyms for the word torpedo

      • alarm
      • alarum
      • alert
      • armament
      • assail
      • attack
      • explosive device
      • firework
      • liquidator
      • manslayer
      • murderer
      • pyrotechnic
      • ray
      • sandwich
      • warning signal

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