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torpedo

noun as in hero

noun as in projectile

Weak match

noun as in submarine

Strongest match

Strong matches

noun as in submarine sandwich

noun as in hatchet man

noun as in gunman

verb as in bomb

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“It happened so quickly, it was like a torpedo,” one market participant told The Wall Street Journal.

The disciplinary board wouldn’t let him call the ex-husband or others as witnesses, effectively torpedoing his case, Labrada said.

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Sir Macca pops into the studio to play Cups and Cakes with the band while also commenting to the filmmaker that the "pink torpedo" line in Big Bottom is actually "literature".

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Despite defiant words from the World 12s in the aftermath, World Rugby's October 2021 decision not to ratify the event torpedoed its plans.

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Navy planes to bomb North Vietnamese torpedo boat bases and called on Congress to authorize the use of force.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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