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Torpedo synonyms

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projectile
Anything thrown forward
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  1. Anything thrown forward
  2. An object designed to be hurled or shot forward, as a cannon shell or rocket
  3. A fired, thrown, or otherwise propelled object, such as a bullet, having no capacity for self-propulsion.
fish
Any of numerous cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates characteristically having fins, gills, and a streamlined body and including the bony fishes, such as catfishes and tunas, and the cartilaginous fishes, such as sharks and rays.
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  1. Any of numerous cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates characteristically having fins, gills, and a streamlined body and including the bony fishes, such as catfishes and tunas, and the cartilaginous fishes, such as sharks and rays.
  2. The flesh of a fish used as food
  3. Any of numerous cold-blooded vertebrate animals that live in water. Fish have gills for obtaining oxygen, a lateral line for sensing pressure changes in the water, and a vertical tail. Most fish are covered with scales and have limbs in the form of fins. Fish were once classified together as a single group, but are now known to compose numerous evolutionarily distinct classes, including the bony fish, cartilaginous fish, jawless fish, lobe-finned fish, and placoderms .
whale
Any of various marine mammals of the order Cetacea; a cetacean.
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  1. Any of various marine mammals of the order Cetacea; a cetacean.
  2. (Informal) An impressive example:
  3. Any of various larger members of this order, including the blue whale, humpback whale, and right whale, in contrast to the porpoises and dolphins.
bankrupt
To force into bankruptcy.
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  1. To force into bankruptcy.
  2. To ruin:
  3. To cause to become financially bankrupt.
break down
(Ergative, figuratively) to divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of
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  1. (Ergative, figuratively) to divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of
  2. (Intransitive) to fail, to cease to function
  3. (Ergative, figuratively) to render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally
demolish
To destroy; ruin; bring to naught
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  1. To destroy; ruin; bring to naught
  2. To damage (someone's reputation, for example) severely.
  3. To do away with completely; put an end to:
destroy
To break apart the structure of, render physically unusable, or cause to cease to exist as a distinguishable physical entity:
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  1. To break apart the structure of, render physically unusable, or cause to cease to exist as a distinguishable physical entity:
  2. To break up or spoil completely; ruin
  3. To bring to total defeat; crush
finish
To destroy; kill:
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  1. To destroy; kill:
  2. To bring to a required or desired state:
  3. To give (wood, for example) a desired or particular surface texture.
ruin
To deflower or seduce (a woman) and, often, specif., thereby render her unmarriageable, disgraced, etc.
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  1. To deflower or seduce (a woman) and, often, specif., thereby render her unmarriageable, disgraced, etc.
  2. To bring or reduce to ruin
  3. To cause (a building, for example) to be in a destroyed, collapsed, or decayed state.
shatter
To cause the destruction or ruin of; destroy:
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  1. To cause the destruction or ruin of; destroy:
  2. To break into pieces; smash or burst:
  3. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow.
sink
To go below the surface of water or another liquid:
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  1. To go below the surface of water or another liquid:
  2. To become lower in value or amount; lessen, as prices, funds, etc.
  3. To fall or drop to a lower level, especially to go down slowly or in stages:
smash
To cause to come into forceful contact with something:
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  1. To cause to come into forceful contact with something:
  2. To break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow or collision:
  3. To surpass or outdo by a large margin:
spoil
To become unfit for use or consumption, as from decay. Used especially of perishables, such as food.
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  1. To become unfit for use or consumption, as from decay. Used especially of perishables, such as food.
  2. (Archaic) To strip (a person) of goods, money, etc. by force
  3. To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin:
undo
To cause the ruin or downfall of; destroy.
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  1. To cause the ruin or downfall of; destroy.
  2. To come open or unfastened.
  3. To open (a parcel, for example); unwrap.
wrack
(Archaic) To wreck or be wrecked
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  1. (Archaic) To wreck or be wrecked
  2. To cause the ruin of; wreck.
  3. To subject to extreme mental or physical suffering; torture
wreck
To cause to undergo ruin or disaster:
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  1. To cause to undergo ruin or disaster:
  2. To bring to ruin or disaster; overthrow; thwart; defeat
  3. To suffer destruction or ruin; become wrecked:
total
To find the total of; add
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  1. To find the total of; add
  2. To equal a total of; amount to:
  3. To equal a total of; add up to
Find another word for torpedo. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for torpedo, like: projectile, underwater missile, fish, whale, flying pig, weapon, bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish and destroy.

Sentence Examples

  • She missed her with a torpedo and opened fire at Boo yards.

  • There the German torpedo craft and German submarines lay in a safe base only some 60 m.

  • The squib is lowered after the torpedo, and, when exploded by the descent of the weight, fires the charge.

  • They were to be supported by five bombarding monitors ("Marshal Soult," "Lord Clive," "Prince Eugene," "General Crawford," M24 and M26) and covered by five British destroyers ("Swift," "Faulknor," "Matchless," "Mastiff" and "Afridi"), with three British destroyers and six French torpedo boats attending on the monitors ("Mentor," "Lightfoot," "Zubian," "Lestin," "Capitaine Mehl," "Francis Gamier," "Roux," "Bouclier").

  • On the completion of drilling, or when the production is found to decrease, it is usual to torpedo the well to increase the flow.

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