Torpedo
noun
A weapon that moves underwater and explodes when it hits a ship or submarine.
The battleship was sunk by a torpedo
Often appears as...
- launch a torpedo
- torpedo attack
verb
To hit or sink a ship with a torpedo.
The submarine torpedoed the enemy's battleship
Often appears as...
- torpedoed the ship
- torpedoed the plan
noun
A type of cigar that is thicker in the middle and tapers at the ends.
He smoked a torpedo while watching the sunset
Often appears as...
- light a torpedo
- smoke a torpedo
noun
A type of flatfish found in North Atlantic oceans.
We spotted a torpedo while diving
Often appears as...
- catch a torpedo
- see a torpedo
verb
To stop a plan or action from being successful.
His dishonesty torpedoed his chances for promotion
Often appears as...
- torpedo the negotiations
- torpedo the efforts
noun
A weapon that moves underwater and explodes when it hits a ship or submarine.
The battleship was sunk by a torpedo
Often appears as...
- launch a torpedo
- torpedo attack
verb
To hit or sink a ship with a torpedo.
The submarine torpedoed the enemy's battleship
Often appears as...
- torpedoed the ship
- torpedoed the plan
noun
A type of cigar that is thicker in the middle and tapers at the ends.
He smoked a torpedo while watching the sunset
Often appears as...
- light a torpedo
- smoke a torpedo
noun
A type of flatfish found in North Atlantic oceans.
We spotted a torpedo while diving
Often appears as...
- catch a torpedo
- see a torpedo
verb
To stop a plan or action from being successful.
His dishonesty torpedoed his chances for promotion
Often appears as...
- torpedo the negotiations
- torpedo the efforts
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Context
Used often in historical or military discussions about naval warfare.
The museum exhibit on naval history displays a torpedo.
Pro Tip 2/3Underwater Motion
Describes a weapon that is unique because it moves through water to hit its target.
The torpedo propels itself to the target silently.
Pro Tip 3/3Sudden Impact
A torpedo is known for causing sudden, unexpected damage when it hits.
They didn’t see the torpedo coming before the explosion.
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Context
Used often in historical or military discussions about naval warfare.
The museum exhibit on naval history displays a torpedo.
Pro Tip 2/3Underwater Motion
Describes a weapon that is unique because it moves through water to hit its target.
The torpedo propels itself to the target silently.
Pro Tip 3/3Sudden Impact
A torpedo is known for causing sudden, unexpected damage when it hits.
They didn’t see the torpedo coming before the explosion.
Pro Tip 1/3Maritime Context
Used often in historical or military discussions about naval warfare.
The museum exhibit on naval history displays a torpedo.
Pro Tip 2/3Underwater Motion
Describes a weapon that is unique because it moves through water to hit its target.
The torpedo propels itself to the target silently.
Pro Tip 3/3Sudden Impact
A torpedo is known for causing sudden, unexpected damage when it hits.
They didn’t see the torpedo coming before the explosion.
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Peter Reinhart: The art...
and we're going to explore that in a minute. But then, quickly through the next few stages. We, after it's fermented and it's developed, started to develop flavor and character, we divide it into smaller units. And then we take those units and we shape them. We give them a little pre-shape, usually a round or a little torpedo shape, sometimes.
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Seven Superpowered...
a couple adaptations first they're built like a torpedo very hydrodynamic perfect for swimming fast this shark also has a very prominent keel on its tail right before that signature tail fin i like to call this section of their tail the ankle so the keel on their ankle helps to reduce drag letting them cut right through the water
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Sharks 101 PIPE National...
This speed is largely due to their body's hydrodynamic design. Many sharks have torpedo shaped heads that allow them to cut through the water with little resistance. Plus, shark skin is covered with flat, v-shaped scales, called dermal denticles. The denticles help water flow smoothly over the skin,
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The history of the world...
But when a British destroyer came to collect the prisoners, they found an unexpected survivor - a black and white cat clinging to a floating plank. For the next several months this cat hunted rats and raised British morale - until a sudden torpedo strike shattered the hull and sank the ship.
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The history of the Cuban...
from a U.S. Navy vessel trying to signal it to come up. The commanders on the sub, too deep to communicate with the surface, thought war had begun and prepared to launch a nuclear torpedo. That decision had to be made unanimously by three officers.
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The Sinking of the SS...
stone and his fellow gunners continue firing into the darkness to discourage another attack in the initial phase of the attacks it's not at all clear that the ship has in fact been torpedoed but when the torpedo is destroyed by the
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Can you solve the rogue...
That contradicts the second half of what B said, and 5 and 4 must be the correct codes. With seconds to spare you override the missile launch, shoot yourself out of the torpedo bay, and send the sub to the bottom of the ocean.
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Meet the bluefin tuna,...
It thrives in cold, deep, subarctic water. Thanks to their warm bloodedness, their powerful muscles, and their streamlined torpedo shape with fins that fold into grooves to reduce drag,
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80-Ton Rock Drop PIPE Rock...
move quickly if they want a control drop uncontrolled the boulder could become a torpedo of destruction okay everybody take a deep breath whoosah okay there's no going back now
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The Sinking of the SS...
It is a scenario they train for, even in peacetime. The standard procedure is to dive below the depth that a torpedo would pass.
Video examples
Peter Reinhart: The art...
and we're going to explore that in a minute. But then, quickly through the next few stages. We, after it's fermented and it's developed, started to develop flavor and character, we divide it into smaller units. And then we take those units and we shape them. We give them a little pre-shape, usually a round or a little torpedo shape, sometimes.
Video examples
Seven Superpowered...
a couple adaptations first they're built like a torpedo very hydrodynamic perfect for swimming fast this shark also has a very prominent keel on its tail right before that signature tail fin i like to call this section of their tail the ankle so the keel on their ankle helps to reduce drag letting them cut right through the water
Video examples
Sharks 101 PIPE National...
This speed is largely due to their body's hydrodynamic design. Many sharks have torpedo shaped heads that allow them to cut through the water with little resistance. Plus, shark skin is covered with flat, v-shaped scales, called dermal denticles. The denticles help water flow smoothly over the skin,
Video examples
The history of the world...
But when a British destroyer came to collect the prisoners, they found an unexpected survivor - a black and white cat clinging to a floating plank. For the next several months this cat hunted rats and raised British morale - until a sudden torpedo strike shattered the hull and sank the ship.
Video examples
The history of the Cuban...
from a U.S. Navy vessel trying to signal it to come up. The commanders on the sub, too deep to communicate with the surface, thought war had begun and prepared to launch a nuclear torpedo. That decision had to be made unanimously by three officers.
Video examples
The Sinking of the SS...
stone and his fellow gunners continue firing into the darkness to discourage another attack in the initial phase of the attacks it's not at all clear that the ship has in fact been torpedoed but when the torpedo is destroyed by the
Video examples
Can you solve the rogue...
That contradicts the second half of what B said, and 5 and 4 must be the correct codes. With seconds to spare you override the missile launch, shoot yourself out of the torpedo bay, and send the sub to the bottom of the ocean.
Video examples
Meet the bluefin tuna,...
It thrives in cold, deep, subarctic water. Thanks to their warm bloodedness, their powerful muscles, and their streamlined torpedo shape with fins that fold into grooves to reduce drag,
Video examples
80-Ton Rock Drop PIPE Rock...
move quickly if they want a control drop uncontrolled the boulder could become a torpedo of destruction okay everybody take a deep breath whoosah okay there's no going back now
Video examples
The Sinking of the SS...
It is a scenario they train for, even in peacetime. The standard procedure is to dive below the depth that a torpedo would pass.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Doug Stanton
American Journalist
When I first met the survivors of the Indianapolis in 1999 while writing a book about them, their story - the last major action of World War II - was rarely mentioned in high school textbooks. This is despite the fact that, before its torpedoing, the ship had delivered components of the atomic bomb Little Boy to Tinian Island.
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Erik Larson
American Author
Room 40 knew a U-boat was heading south to Liverpool - knew the boat's history; knew that it was now somewhere in the North Atlantic under orders to sink troop transports and any other British vessel it encountered; and knew as well that the submarine was armed with enough shells and torpedoes to sink a dozen ships.
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Phil Taylor
British Athlete
I can sit down and watch the Discovery channel and see something on nuclear submarines that gets me thinking about torpedoes and darts . Or I can see a documentary about someone preparing for a big challenge and I'll use the same techniques. You always need to aim to get better.
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John Podhoretz
American Writer
Aside from being bad sportsmanship - Romney basically said Obama won by cheating - he was displaying the same obtuseness about the wants and needs of ordinary people that did more to torpedo his campaign than any goodies Obama might have had to dole out.
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Humphrey Lyttelton
British Musician
For me, it's a bigger challenge, it's much harder to do and much more rewarding to do well, then just to think up stuff of your own, hit or miss, because you've got to see to it that you don't torpedo any of his punch lines.
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Leonard Susskind
American Physicist
I'm doing physics because I'm curious about how it works - full speed ahead, damn the torpedoes, don't worry about whether somebody is going to be able to do an experiment next week, just figure it out.
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Barney Ross
American Athlete
We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges.
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Richard Le Gallienne
English Poet
Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance, equally ready to gratify mankind with a torpedo or a toy.
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Richard Linklater
American Director
Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to prove an emotional point.
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Louise Linton
Scottish Actress
I don't really believe in torpedoing someone's career when they've been absolved of doing something.
Quote examples
Doug Stanton
American Journalist
When I first met the survivors of the Indianapolis in 1999 while writing a book about them, their story - the last major action of World War II - was rarely mentioned in high school textbooks. This is despite the fact that, before its torpedoing, the ship had delivered components of the atomic bomb Little Boy to Tinian Island.
Quote examples
Erik Larson
American Author
Room 40 knew a U-boat was heading south to Liverpool - knew the boat's history; knew that it was now somewhere in the North Atlantic under orders to sink troop transports and any other British vessel it encountered; and knew as well that the submarine was armed with enough shells and torpedoes to sink a dozen ships.
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Phil Taylor
British Athlete
I can sit down and watch the Discovery channel and see something on nuclear submarines that gets me thinking about torpedoes and darts . Or I can see a documentary about someone preparing for a big challenge and I'll use the same techniques. You always need to aim to get better.
Quote examples
John Podhoretz
American Writer
Aside from being bad sportsmanship - Romney basically said Obama won by cheating - he was displaying the same obtuseness about the wants and needs of ordinary people that did more to torpedo his campaign than any goodies Obama might have had to dole out.
Quote examples
Humphrey Lyttelton
British Musician
For me, it's a bigger challenge, it's much harder to do and much more rewarding to do well, then just to think up stuff of your own, hit or miss, because you've got to see to it that you don't torpedo any of his punch lines.
Quote examples
Leonard Susskind
American Physicist
I'm doing physics because I'm curious about how it works - full speed ahead, damn the torpedoes, don't worry about whether somebody is going to be able to do an experiment next week, just figure it out.
Quote examples
Barney Ross
American Athlete
We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges.
Quote examples
Richard Le Gallienne
English Poet
Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance, equally ready to gratify mankind with a torpedo or a toy.
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Richard Linklater
American Director
Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to prove an emotional point.
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Louise Linton
Scottish Actress
I don't really believe in torpedoing someone's career when they've been absolved of doing something.
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