torpedo
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- n a professional killer who uses a gun
- n 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
- n 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)
- n a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
- n 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
- n armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
- n 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
- v attack or hit with torpedoes
- All through World War II, submariners complained about the torpedoes issued to them.
- A few nights later, off the Marshalls, Jap torpedo planes came over his flat-top again.
- The MK-46 torpedo is designed to attack high performance submarines, and is presently identified as the NATO standard.