Other Definitions
torpedo (enc)
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Torpedo| Noun | 1. | torpedo - a professional killer who uses a gunliquidator, manslayer, murderer - a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) | | | 2. | torpedo - 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 Stateshero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine sandwich, zep, wedge, submarine, bomber, hero sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them | | | 3. | torpedo - 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) | | | 4. | torpedo - a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surfacefirework, pyrotechnic - (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. | | | 5. | torpedo - 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 | | | 6. | torpedo - armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a targetarmament - weaponry used by military or naval force bangalore torpedo - a metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire homing torpedo - a torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines) | | | 7. | torpedo - 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 dischargesray - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins | | | Verb | 1. | torpedo - attack or hit with torpedoesattack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" | |
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