7. (v.t.)torpedo to attack, hit, damage, or destroy with or as if with torpedoes.
Etymology: (1510–20; < L torpēdō numbness, torpidity, electric ray =torpē(re) to be stiff (cf. torpid ) +-dō n. suffix)
Definition of 'Torpedo'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter a professionalkiller who uses a gun
2. (noun)bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep a largesandwich made of a long crusty rollsplit 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
4. (noun)torpedo a smallfirework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
6. (noun)torpedo armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
7. (verb)electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo 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
8. (verb)torpedo attack or hit with torpedoes
Definition of 'Torpedo'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Torpedo any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical
2. (noun)Torpedo an engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up
3. (noun)Torpedo a quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore
4. (noun)Torpedo a kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship
5. (noun)Torpedo a kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it
6. (noun)Torpedo a kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal
7. (noun)Torpedo an explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil
8. (noun)Torpedo a kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object
9. (verb)Torpedo to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo
Definition of 'Torpedo'
U.S. National Library of Medicine
1. Torpedo A genus of the Torpedinidae family consisting of several species. Members of this familyhave powerful electric organs and are commonly called electric rays.
Definitions of Torpedo 
Afrikaans: torpedo
Arabic: طُربيد: صاروخ تَحت مائي ل
Bulgarian: торпедо
Brazilian: torpedo
Czech: torpédo
German: der Torpedo
Danish: torpedo
Greek: τορπίλη
Spanish: torpedo
Estonian: torpeedo
Farsi: اژدر؛ موشک زیر آبی
Finnish: torpedo
French: torpille
Hebrew: טוֹרפִּידוֹ
Hindi: जहाज तोड़ने का गोला
Croatian: torpedo
Hungarian: torpedó
Indonesian: torpedo
Icelandic: tundurskeyti
Italian: torpedine, siluro
Japanese: 魚雷
Korean: 어뢰
Lithuanian: torpeda
Latvian: torpēda
Malay: torpedo
Dutch: torpedo
Norwegian: torpedo
Polish: torpeda
Persian: اژدر؛ موشک زیر آبی
Pashto: ټارپيډو، ډوب ماكو، شتۍ
Portuguese: torpedo
Romanian: torpilă
Russian: торпеда
Slovak: torpédo
Slovenian: torpedo
Serbian: torpedo
Swedish: torped
Thai: ขีปนาวุธติดวัตถุระเบิดที่
Turkish: torpido
Taiwanese: 魚雷
Ukrainian: торпеда
Urdu: زير آب مار کرنے والا ميز
Vietnamese: ngư lôi
Chinese: 鱼雷
