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Definitions for Torpedo

[1] 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.
[2] any of various submarine explosive devices for destroying hostile ships, as a mine.
[3] a cartridge of gunpowder, dynamite, or the like, exploded in an oil well to facilitate the extraction of oil from the well.
[4] a detonating device fastened to the top of a rail so as to be exploded by the pressure of a locomotive or car, thus giving an audible signal to members of a train crew.
[5] any of various other explosive devices, as a firework that consists of an explosive wrapped up with gravel in a piece of tissue paper and that detonates when thrown forcibly on the ground or against a hard surface.
[6] Also called torpedo fish . an electric ray, especially Torpedo nobiliana, of the Atlantic Ocean.
[7] an electric catfish, Malapterurus electricus, inhabiting waters of tropical central Africa and the Nile valley.
[8] Informal . a hero sandwich.
[9] Slang . a gangster hired as a murderer.
[10] to attack, hit, damage, or destroy with torpedoes.
[11] to explode a torpedo in (an oil well) to facilitate the extraction of oil.
[12] to undermine, ruin, or destroy: He torpedoed our plans.
[13] to attack, damage, or sink a ship with torpedoes.
[14] a cylindrical self-propelled weapon carrying explosives that is launched from aircraft, ships, or submarines and follows an underwater path to hit its target
[15] obsolete a submarine mine
[16] US and Canadian a firework containing gravel and a percussion cap that explodes when dashed against a hard surface
[17] US and Canadian a detonator placed on a railway line as a danger signal
[18] any of various electric rays of the genus Torpedo
[19] to hit (a ship, etc) with one or a number of torpedoes
[20] to render ineffective; destroy or wreck to torpedo the administration's plan

Words related to Torpedo

soldier, guerrilla, weapon, missile, spacecraft, booster, firework, spaceship, sub, explosive, rocket, mine, projectile, device, assassin, sniper, bullet, dart, arrow, armament

Words nearby Torpedo

toroidal, toronto, toronto blessing, torontonian, torose, torpedo, torpedo boat, torpedo tube, torpedo-boat destroyer, torpedoman, torpex

Origin of Torpedo

1510–20; < Latin torpēdō numbness, torpidity, electric ray, equivalent to torpē(re ) to be stiff (see torpid1) + -dō noun suffix

Other words from Torpedo

tor·pe·do·like , adjective
un·tor·pe·doed , adjective

Word origin for Torpedo

C16: from Latin: crampfish (whose electric discharges can cause numbness), from torpēre to be inactive; see torpid

Synonyms for Torpedo

guerrilla, soldier, butcher, clipper, dropper, eliminator, enforcer, executioner, gun, killer, liquidator, plugger, slayer, gun person, hatchet person, hit person, piece person, trigger person