TORPEDO
\tɔːpˈiːdə͡ʊ], \tɔːpˈiːdəʊ], \t_ɔː_p_ˈiː_d_əʊ]\
Definitions of TORPEDO
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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
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armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
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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
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a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
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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)
By Princeton University
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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
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armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An automobile with a torpedo body.
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Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.
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An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up.
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A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore.
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A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.
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A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it.
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An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil.
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A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
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to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.
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A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, - used as an alarm signal.
By Oddity Software
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An automobile with a torpedo body.
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An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up.
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A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore.
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A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.
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A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it.
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An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil.
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A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
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to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.
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Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.
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A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, - used as an alarm signal.
By Noah Webster.
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A genus of the Torpedinidae family consisting of several species. Members of this family have powerful electric organs and are commonly called electric rays.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A cigar-shaped, selfmoving, under-water projectile, carrying explosives, which blows up a ship on contact with it; usually fired from a submarine or torpedo boat; any shell or case filled with explosives, as an undersea mine, a signal cartridge on a railroad, etc.; a kind of firowork; a kind of fish.
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To destroy or blow up by a torpedo.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A species of eel having the power of giving an electric shock when touched so as to produce torpor or numbness, the cramp-fish: a sub-marine apparatus for destroying shipping by explosion.
By Daniel Lyons
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A kind of flat fish that gives electric shocks; apparatus for producing an explosion under water or the earth; small fulminating cracker.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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