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torpedo noun & verb. E16.
[Latin = stiffness, numbness; also, the electric ray, from torpere: see TORPID.]
A. noun. Pl. -oes.
An electric ray (fish), esp. one of the genus Torpedo. Also torpedo ray. E16.
b. fig. A person who or thing which has a numbing effect. L16.
Orig., a timed explosive device designed to detonate under water. Now, a self-propelled submarine missile, usu. cigar-shaped, designed to explode on impact with a target. L18.
b. In full aerial torpedo. A shell designed to be dropped from an aircraft and explode on impact. L19.
Any of various explosive devices; spec. (a) an explosive shell buried underground, detonated by pressure from above; (b) a firework exploding on impact with a hard surface; (c) a cartridge exploded in an oil-well to renew or increase the flow; (d) a device on a railway line detonated by pressure to give a danger signal. US. L18.
b. transf. A gangster, a gunman. US colloq. E20.
a. (A vehicle with) a motorcar body tapered at both ends. Also torpedo-body. E20.
b. A tablet or capsule of a narcotic drug. slang. E20.
Comb.: torpedo beard a pointed beard; torpedo boat a small fast lightly armed warship for carrying and discharging a torpedo or torpedoes; torpedo-boat catcher, torpedo-boat destroyer a small fast warship designed to defend a fleet against torpedo boats; torpedo-body: see sense 4a above; torpedo-bomber an aircraft carrying aerial torpedoes; torpedo-catcher (a) a defensive device to deflect or detonate a torpedo; (b) a torpedo-boat catcher; torpedo destroyer a torpedo-boat destroyer; torpedo juice slang (a) alcohol extracted from torpedo fuel; (b) any strong Home-made alcohol; torpedoman (a) a naval rating with a non-substantive qualification trained in the maintenance and use of torpedoes; (b) US a person employed to clear an oil-well with torpedoes; torpedo-net a steel-wire net suspended round a ship to protect against torpedoes; torpedo-tube a tube from which a torpedo is fired by using compressed air or an explosive charge.
b. verb trans.
Benumb, deaden. rare. Only in L18.
Attack with a torpedo; destroy or damage by this means. Freq. in pass. L19.
H. Carpenter The ship on which he was travelling was torpedoed.
b. fig. Cause to stop or fail suddenly; make inoperative or ineffective; destroy. L19.
Times The project was torpedoed by the Reagan-Gorbachov summit. Natural History How long before another oil shock torpedoes our economy?
c. Lay (a channel etc.) with torpedoes or submarine mines. L19.
Explode a torpedo at the bottom of (an oil-well) to renew or increase the flow. US. L19.
torpedoist noun (rare) an expert in or advocate of the use of torpedoes L19.
torpedo-like adverb & adjective (a) adverb in the manner of a torpedo; (b) adjective resembling a torpedo, like (that of) a torpedo: E18.