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What does torpedo mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word torpedo? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
  2. A fish having wings that generate electric current, a kind of electric ray.
  3. (regional) A submarine sandwich.
  4. (archaic, military) A naval mine.
  5. (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo.
  6. (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
  7. (rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
  8. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
  9. An automobile with a torpedo body.
  10. (slang, chiefly US, usually plural) a woman's shoe with a pointed toe [1910s]
  11. (slang, chiefly US, usually plural) a large breast; breast with a large nipple [from 1960s]
  12. (slang) a marijuana cigarette
    1. a thick marijuana cigarette [1940s]
    2. a cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine [from 1980s]
Verb
  1. To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship.
  2. To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes.
  3. To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.
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