torpedo

Definitions of torpedo in various dictionaries:

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)

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

noun - a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it

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

noun - 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

A cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater projectile launched from a submarine, an aircraft, or a ship and designed to detonate on contact with or in the vicinity of a target.

Any of various submarine explosive devices, especially a submarine mine.

A small explosive placed on a railroad track that is fired by the weight of the train to sound a warning of an approaching hazard.

An explosive fired in an oil or gas well to begin or increase the flow.

A small firework consisting of some gravel wrapped in tissue paper with a percussion cap that explodes when thrown against a hard surface.

A professional assassin or thug.

To attack, strike, or sink with a torpedo.

To destroy decisively; wreck: torpedo efforts at reform.

verb - to damage or sink with an underwater missile

TORPEDO - A modern torpedo is a self-propelled weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a targ...