torpedo : Idioms & Phrases


aerial torpedo

  • noun a torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane
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bangalore torpedo

  • noun a metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire
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Fish torpedo

  • a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped, self-propelling submarine torpedo.
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homing torpedo

  • noun a torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines)
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motor torpedo boat

  • noun a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat; P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat
    mosquito craft; PT boat; mosquito boat.
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Spar torpedo

  • a canister or other vessel containing an explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
  • (Naut.), a torpedo carried on the end of a spar usually projecting from the bow of a vessel, and intended to explode upon contact with an enemy's ships.
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submarine torpedo

  • noun a torpedo designed to be launched from a submarine
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Torpedo boat

  • noun small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters
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  • a vessel adapted for carrying, launching, operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against an enemy's ship. Espec., a small, fast boat with tubes for launching torpedoes
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Torpedo nettings

  • nettings made of chains or bars, which can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against torpedoes.
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torpedo tube

  • noun a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired
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torpedo-boat destroyer

  • noun small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats
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