torpedo
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But in recent months the FDA has torpedoed several rare disease drugs for reasons that echo Dr. Prasad’s criticism of accelerated approvals when he was an academic before Dr. Makary appointed him last year.
Did I realize that I was about to torpedo my political career?
From Los Angeles Times
It also has significant stockpiles of short-range missiles capable of reaching U.S. bases in the Gulf and ships in the Strait of Hormuz, along with significant stockpiles of antiship cruise missiles and torpedo boats.
They include Poseidon - a new intercontinental, nuclear armed and nuclear powered undersea autonomous torpedo, and also Burevestnik – a nuclear armed and powered cruise missile.
From BBC
Not only is Shriver herself a lightning rod, but “A Better Life” is a novel about a torpedo of an issue: immigration.
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