torpedo
- ammunition n.
- bomb n.
- hero n.
- projectile n.
- rocket n.
- submarine n.
- submarine sandwich n.
- hatchet man n.
- gunman n.
- assassin n.
- abrogate v.
- blast v.
- bomb v.
- break v.
- cancel v.
- defeat v.
- demolish v.
- destroy v.
- eradicate v.
- nullify v.
- obliterate v.
- overpower v.
- raid v.
- rive v.
- rout v.
- sabotage v.
- shatter v.
- shoot v.
- stifle v.
- undermine v.
- wreck v.
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The torpedo, described as "heavyweight" by UK officials, is "designed to sink ships and deep diving submarines", Downing Street said.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Plus: Worried that big IPOs will torpedo the stock market?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
How big a tax torpedo hits your face depends on how much retirement income you receive—and how it’s structured.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Hutchinson is a longtime community activist and commentator, and he had just launched a torpedo in the direction of City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
Churchill was on a torpedo boat that shelled the coast.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
UC-30 was carrying 18 mines and six torpedoes, leaving the submarine packed with explosives.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
While it is the first time since 1945 that an American submarine has sunk an enemy ship this way, the UK and Pakistan have both sunk vessels using torpedoes since then.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
The USS Joseph P. Kennedy — a Gearing-class destroyer once equipped with Mark 32 torpedoes, anti-submarine missiles, and nuclear depth charges — has been decorated for Christmas.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
The extensive list of procurements ranged from missiles to artillery, torpedoes, armoured vehicles, satellite systems and new uniforms as Berlin races to overhaul the long-neglected Bundeswehr.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
The sound of rain was always loud in the tent, as the raindrops pelted the tarp like little torpedoes.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
Less than a year ago, the regents torpedoed a plan by the Big Ten Conference to spin off its assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Even Moore acknowledged the flub that had torpedoed his team’s chances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The strange legal saga that torpedoed Jeff Shell’s career at Paramount Skydance has ended with a whimper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
The Iranian warship Iris Dena was given permission by India to dock three days before it was torpedoed by a US submarine, India has said.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2026
Where was the Russian submarine that had torpedoed the ship?
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
Both sides have have blamed last-minute changes for torpedoing the tentative deal.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Perhaps the Rogers campaign is correct, and El-Sayed’s connection to the Twitch streamer will prove to be uniquely toxic, torpedoing his chances in the general.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
A US submarine this week torpedoing an Iranian warship during the Middle East conflict raised the crucial question of who controls the seas during wartime.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
“Although we sisters are supposed to be invisible, God has nevertheless given us eyes and ears,” she announces to a roomful of cardinals during an especially brutal torpedoing session.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
It affected him more than the loss of a life by torpedoing or drowning could have done and left him solemn and thoughtful and with a deep sense of loss.
From Tom Slade on a Transport by Thomas Clarity
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