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torpedo

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torpedo (plural torpedoes or torpedos)

An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
- 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men:
  The man has been changed into an artificial monster by the station in which he is born, and the consequent homage that benumbed his faculties like the torpedo's touch […] .
(military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
(regional) A submarine sandwich.
(archaic, military) A naval mine.
(obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo.
(slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
(rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
An automobile with a torpedo body.
(slang, chiefly, US, usually, in the plural) a woman's shoe with a pointed toe [1910s]
(slang, chiefly, US, usually, in the plural) a large breast; breast with a large nipple [from 1960s]
(slang) a marijuana cigarette
1. a thick marijuana cigarette [1940s]
2. a cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine [from 1980s]

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torpedo (torpedoes, present participle torpedoing; past and past participle torpedoed)

To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship.
To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes.
To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.

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