TORPEDO

[verb] [T] he/she/it torpedoes, torpedoing, past torpedoedAfter being torpedoed and badly damaged by (= hit and damaged by a torpedo fired from) a submarine, the ship made its way slowly into the nearest port. [T](figurative informal) Efforts to reduce the budget deficit have been torpedoed (= destroyed) by a refusal to face the political consequences of raising taxes. [T]