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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A veteran lawmaker who served 12 years in Congress, Bass has attempted to torpedo Raman’s image as a foe of the status quo, pointing out she’s been on the council for nearly six years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Consider airlines, which ramp up capacity only to be left holding the luggage when fliers pull back or airfare wars torpedo profits.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
If your goal is to save money on taxes, detonating the tax torpedo is not ideal.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
There are training bats, wood bats, torpedo bats and backpacks to carry them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
For example, four Russian submarines prowled the waters near Cuba, each one carrying a torpedo loaded with a nuclear weapon.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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
But a whopping betrayal torpedoes the friendship—and Nora’s delusions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Then there was a plane, armed with torpedoes, pulling out of its dive over Ford Island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024
The sunken ships and torpedoes in the harbor tell only some of the story.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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
But a poor start and a midseason knee injury torpedoed his performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
UniQure announced Wednesday that the agency will consider an accelerated approval for its Huntington’s disease gene therapy that had been torpedoed by prior leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
It had been torpedoed by a US submarine off Sri Lanka's southern coast on 4 March.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
I had been considering that very thing, the thought of Christmas in prison being so depressing, but the memo pretty much torpedoed the idea.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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 torpedoing of the frigate in "India's maritime backyard", he argued, punctured Delhi's carefully cultivated image as a "preferred security partner" in the Indian Ocean.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 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
We will admit that the torpedoing happens at a time when only American and British war craft are visible in Grand Harbor.
From Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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