torpedo

v. attack with a torpedo; damage with a torpedo; undermine, sabotage, destroy, subvert; detonate an explosive device inside an oil well in order to facilitate the extraction of oil

n. self-propelled underwater missile launched from a submarine or boat; (Zoology) fish that has electric organs and is able to give electrical shock from its organs and enlarged pectoral (lives in tropical or temperate seas), crampfish, electric ray, numbfish, electrical fish

The torpedo, historically called a locomotive torpedo, is a self-propelled explosive projectile weapon, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater toward a target, and designed to detonate on contact or in proximity to a target. Torpedoes may be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned naval mines and naval fortresses. They are also used in conjunction with other weapons; the Mark 46 torpedo used by the United States becomes the warhead section of the ASROC (Anti-Submarine ROCket) and the CAPTOR mine uses a submerged sensor platform that releases a torpedo when a hostile contact is detected.
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Noun
1. a professional killer who uses a gun
(synonym) gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, shooter
(hypernym) murderer, liquidator, manslayer
2. 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
(synonym) bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, wedge, zep
(hypernym) sandwich
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)
(hypernym) 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
(hypernym) 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
(hypernym) explosive device
6. armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
(hypernym) armament
(hyponym) aerial 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
(synonym) electric ray, crampfish, numbfish
(hypernym) ray
(member-holonym) Torpedinidae, family Torpedinidae
Verb
1. attack or hit with torpedoes
(hypernym) attack, assail

n. torpedo, self-propelled underwater missile launched from a submarine or boat

n. open touring car