torpedo
- ammunition n.
- bomb n.
- hero n.
- projectile n.
- rocket n.
- submarine n.
- submarine sandwich n.
- hatchet man n.
- gunman n.
- assassin n.
- abrogate v.
- blast v.
- bomb v.
- break v.
- cancel v.
- defeat v.
- demolish v.
- destroy v.
- eradicate v.
- nullify v.
- obliterate v.
- overpower v.
- raid v.
- rive v.
- rout v.
- sabotage v.
- shatter v.
- shoot v.
- stifle v.
- undermine v.
- wreck v.
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Hutchinson is a longtime community activist and commentator, and he had just launched a torpedo in the direction of City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
More are coming: Worried that big IPOs will torpedo the stock market?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 12, 2026
What your former co-workers think of you could land you a job or torpedo your chances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Consider airlines, which ramp up capacity only to be left holding the luggage when fliers pull back or airfare wars torpedo profits.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
After a brief mention of the building, he turned to the action in Vietnam, emphasizing that the air strikes had been made necessary by the North Vietnamese torpedo boat attacks.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
The USS Joseph P. Kennedy — a Gearing-class destroyer once equipped with Mark 32 torpedoes, anti-submarine missiles, and nuclear depth charges — has been decorated for Christmas.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025
But a whopping betrayal torpedoes the friendship—and Nora’s delusions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
The drone, capable of carrying payloads including torpedoes, is expected to reach production by the end of 2028.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
The Astute class is the Royal Navy's current fleet of attack submarines, which have nuclear-powered engines and are armed with conventional torpedoes and missiles.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025
When the zigzagging UFO comes he lays in a salvo of torpedoes only if the asteroid storm isn't too heavy.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
During World War II, a British cargo ship torpedoed by a German U-boat sank nearly 3 miles under the Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Engine problems torpedoed his chances in the Coca-Cola 600, however, and he completed only 271 of 400 laps on the 1.5-mile track.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
White House officials gave him the boot last summer after he torpedoed gene therapies, causing a ruckus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
A senior administration official said Colombo was in talks with the International Committee of the Red Cross to deal with the survivors of the torpedoed ship.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
She hit the water without a ripple and torpedoed down into the depths.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Both sides have have blamed last-minute changes for torpedoing the tentative deal.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Perhaps the Rogers campaign is correct, and El-Sayed’s connection to the Twitch streamer will prove to be uniquely toxic, torpedoing his chances in the general.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
The conflict even reached the coast of Sri Lanka, where a US submarine sank an Iranian warship, Washington's first torpedoing of a vessel since World War II.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
“Although we sisters are supposed to be invisible, God has nevertheless given us eyes and ears,” she announces to a roomful of cardinals during an especially brutal torpedoing session.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
"Why doesn't the fellow take a chance on torpedoing us?" was signaled from Dalzell's launch.
From Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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