torpedo

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q206675}} {{lb|en|fish}} An [[electric ray]] of the genus {{taxfmt|Torpedo|genus}}.
2. {{senseid|en|Q165363}} {{lb|en|military}} A cylindrical [[explosive]] [[projectile]] that can travel quickly [[underwater]] and is used as a [[weapon]].
3. {{senseid|en|Q189929}} {{lb|en|archaic|military}} A [[naval mine#English:_Q189929|naval mine]]. {{defdate|from 1805}}
4. {{senseid|en|Q178795}} {{lb|en|obsolete|military}} An explosive device buried underground, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry.
5. {{senseid|en|Q776904}} {{lb|en|Northeast US}} {{syn of|en|submarine sandwich<id:Q776904>}}.<!--This sense is directly connected with [[torpedo roll]].-->
6. {{lb|en|slang}} A professional [[gunman]] or [[assassin]].
7. {{senseid|en|Q716482}} {{lb|en|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.
8. A kind of [[firework]] in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
9. {{lb|en|historical}} An [[automobile]] with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's [[waistline]], resulting in a straight [[beltline]] from front to back.
10. {{lb|en|neuroscience}} A [[focal]] [[ovoid]] [[swelling]] on the [[axon]]s of [[Purkinje cell]]s, observed in several [[disease]]s such as [[essential tremor]] and {{w|spinocerebellar ataxia}}.
11. {{lb|en|slang|chiefly|US|usually|in the plural}} A [[woman]]'s [[shoe]] with a [[pointed]] [[toe]]. {{defdate|1910s}}
12. {{lb|en|slang|chiefly|US|usually|in the plural}} A large [[breast]]; a breast with a large [[nipple]]. {{defdate|from 1960s}}

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[strike]] (a [[ship]]) with one or more [[#Noun|torpedo]]es.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[sink]] (a [[ship]]) with one or more [[#Noun|torpedo]]es.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|figurative}} To [[undermine]] or [[destroy]] any [[endeavor]] with a [[powerful]] [[attack]].

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