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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In advance of the meeting, the UK revealed that the UK and the US have, for the first time, fired an American torpedo from a British undersea drone in a military exercise.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The courts would eventually toss Mr. Delrahim’s bogus case, but not before the delay helped torpedo AT&T’s business strategy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Plus: Worried that big IPOs will torpedo the stock market?
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
How big a tax torpedo hits your face depends on how much retirement income you receive—and how it’s structured.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 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
UC-30 was carrying 18 mines and six torpedoes, leaving the submarine packed with explosives.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Stocks of torpedoes are to go up by 230 percent and those of surface-to-air missiles by 30 percent.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
While it is the first time since 1945 that an American submarine has sunk an enemy ship this way, the UK and Pakistan have both sunk vessels using torpedoes since then.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
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
The sunken ships and torpedoes in the harbor tell only some of the story.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
Just five years ago, prolonged closures during the pandemic torpedoed foot traffic to malls that were already reeling from department-store closures and anxieties over the rise of online shopping.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Trade talks broke down between Canada and the US last month, with both sides accusing the other of last-minute demands that torpedoed a tentative agreement.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Learning Resources was the lead plaintiff in the legal challenge that torpedoed the earlier batch of tariffs, and this week filed suit over the new tariffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 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
We had been torpedoed by a Russian submarine?
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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
That self-centered cluelessness ended up torpedoing Pratt’s best campaign moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
A US submarine this week torpedoing an Iranian warship during the Middle East conflict raised the crucial question of who controls the seas during wartime.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has denied accusations of "torpedoing" the plans.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
We will admit that the torpedoing happens at a time when only American and British war craft are visible in Grand Harbor.
From Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
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