Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - torpedo
Torpedo
torpedo
n. & v. --n. (pl. -oes) 1 a a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile that explodes on impact with a ship. b (in full aerial torpedo) a similar device dropped from an aircraft. 2 Zool. an electric ray. 3 US an explosive device or firework. --v.tr. (-oes, -oed) 1 destroy or attack with a torpedo. 2 make (a policy, institution, plan, etc.) ineffective or inoperative; destroy. Phrases and idioms torpedo-boat a small fast lightly armed warship for carrying or discharging torpedoes. torpedo-net (or -netting) netting of steel wire hung round a ship to intercept torpedoes. torpedo-tube a tube from which torpedoes are fired. Derivatives torpedo-like adj. Etymology: L, = numbness, electric ray f. torpere be numb
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I. noun (plural -does) see: torpid Date: circa 1520 electric ray, a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: as, a submarine mine, a thin cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile, a small firework that explodes when thrown against a hard object, a professional gunman or assassin, submarine 2, II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: circa 1879 to hit or sink (a ship) with a naval ~ ; strike or destroy by ~, to destroy or nullify altogether ; wreck ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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