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torpedo



I - noun
1. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments);
different names are used in different sections of the United States
Syn:
bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie,
hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine,
submarine sandwich, wedge, zep
Hypernyms:
sandwich
2. a professional killer who uses a gun
Syn:
gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, shooter
Derivationally related forms:
shoot (for: shooter), gun (for: gun)
Hypernyms:
murderer, liquidator, manslayer
3. 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)
Hypernyms:
explosive device
4. a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper;
explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
Hypernyms:
firework, pyrotechnic
5. 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
Hypernyms:
explosive device, alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum
6. armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
Hypernyms:
armament
Hyponyms:
aerial torpedo, bangalore torpedo, homing torpedo, submarine torpedo
7. 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
Syn:
electric ray, crampfish, numbfish
Hypernyms:
ray
Member Holonyms:
Torpedinidae, family Torpedinidae

II - verb
attack or hit with torpedoes
Hypernyms:
attack, assail
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody

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