transcription, транскрипция: [ tɔ:(r)pi:doʊ ]
( torpedoes, torpedoing, torpedoed)
1.
A torpedo is bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water.
N-COUNT
2.
If a ship is torpedoed , it is hit, and usually sunk, by a torpedo or torpedoes.
More than a thousand people died when the Lusitania was torpedoed.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
3.
If someone torpedoes negotiations or plans, they deliberately prevent them from being completed or from being successful. ( INFORMAL )
These attacks are seen as an effort to torpedo the talks.
= sabotage, wreck
VERB : V n