TORPEDO


Meaning of TORPEDO in English

(~es, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

A ~ is bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water.

N-COUNT

2.

If a ship is ~ed, it is hit, and usually sunk, by a ~ or ~es.

More than a thousand people died when the Lusitania was ~ed.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed

3.

If someone ~es negotiations or plans, they deliberately prevent them from being completed or from being successful. (INFORMAL)

These attacks are seen as an effort to ~ the talks.

= sabotage, wreck

VERB: V n

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