as in submarine
a large sandwich on a long split roll
that deli's torpedoes are big enough to serve two people
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Recent Examples of torpedo
Here’s to those halcyon days of the torpedo bat.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
The slow evolution of remedies: Around the second century C.E., one fix involved applying a torpedo fish—a member of the ray family—to the heads of sufferers, as a way to pull pain elsewhere.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
The Musashi sank during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 after being hit by dozens of torpedoes and bombs dropped by US planes.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
Owning the trademark would protect Raleigh from others using Big Dumper for commercial use in clothing lines, apparel and merchandise such as the torpedo bats.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
The slow evolution of remedies: Around the second century C.E., one fix involved applying a torpedo fish—a member of the ray family—to the heads of sufferers, as a way to pull pain elsewhere.
—Hannah Jocelyn, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
The Musashi sank during the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 after being hit by dozens of torpedoes and bombs dropped by US planes.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
Owning the trademark would protect Raleigh from others using Big Dumper for commercial use in clothing lines, apparel and merchandise such as the torpedo bats.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for torpedo
submarine
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The work opens doors to develop ultra-precise quantum sensors, which could sharpen navigation in environments where GPS doesn’t work such as submarines, underground or spaceflight.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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They are currently being housed at Gangmen Harbor, a facility located west of the Sanya naval base, where the PLAN has also parked other UUVs, as well as aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Torpedo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpedo. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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