hit men

noun

plural of hit man
1
as in torpedoes

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as in hired guns

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  1. torpedoes
  2. murderers
  3. assassins
Noun
  • Missiles and drones launched from corvettes can disable ships by hitting them above the surface, and torpedoes launched from submarines can sink them.
    — HOLMES LIAO, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
  • According to Congressional Research Service data, the submarine can carry about 37 torpedo-sized weapons, including Tomahawk missiles and Mk 48 torpedoes, although the exact weapons carried during the deployment remain classified.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of torpedoes
Noun
  • More than 40 years later, no efforts have been made to prosecute or extradite the presumptive murderers.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026
  • But poison, which so often served as the deadly weapon in her books, provided Christie with an intriguing literary arsenal for murderers.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of murderers
Noun
  • Nobody knows who killed him, and the assassins begin to distrust one another.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Nov. 2026
  • When Master is found dead and the identity of his killer remains a mystery, the assassins struggle with mutual distrust.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of assassins
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