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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"At high speeds underwater, a torpedo generates significant noise, making it easier to detect," Yang said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
In advance of the meeting, the UK revealed that the UK and the US have, for the first time, fired an American torpedo from a British undersea drone in a military exercise.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
A year later, Raman was seen as such a threat that the powers that be sought to torpedo her for good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The courts would eventually toss Mr. Delrahim’s bogus case, but not before the delay helped torpedo AT&T’s business strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The unusual thing was that each ship got one torpedo with its nose painted purple.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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 purchases spanned more than 30 different projects, including missiles for Patriot and Iris-T air defence systems, artillery, torpedoes, weapon systems for aircraft and unmanned aerial reconnaissance systems, according to the defence ministry.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
Stockdale watched the ships swerving to avoid torpedoes.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
Even Moore acknowledged the flub that had torpedoed his team’s chances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
You’re also a gay actor portraying someone who, at the time, would have torpedoed his career by coming out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
A flurry of miscues torpedoed McIlroy out of the lead entirely for a brief moment on Saturday before he steaded himself to finish 1-over for the day and 11-under overall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 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
Publication of the Zimmermann telegram was followed by German U-boat attacks on four American ships, which were torpedoed without warning.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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
The conflict even reached the coast of Sri Lanka, where a US submarine sank an Iranian warship, Washington's first torpedoing of a vessel since World War II.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has denied accusations of "torpedoing" the plans.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
Whatever the origin story, the texts have been curated and released by both Jones and Lively, effectively torpedoing their adversaries in one fell swoop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024
The circumstances of the torpedoing of the Sussex provoked a final clash between the United States and Germany.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
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