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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The quote, from a Deadspin article , refers to the torpedo bats many players on the New York Yankees are using.
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
In that light, torpedo bats might not produce baseball’s next great leap forward.
—John Cairney, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Jack Harris wrote at length about the torpedo bats here.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
To address this inefficiency, torpedo bats are made with more wood in the sweet spot and less wood elsewhere—thus, the bulge.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2025
In that light, torpedo bats might not produce baseball’s next great leap forward.
—John Cairney, Sportico.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Jack Harris wrote at length about the torpedo bats here.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025
To address this inefficiency, torpedo bats are made with more wood in the sweet spot and less wood elsewhere—thus, the bulge.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for torpedo
submarine
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Reckoning has touted a stunt that involved Cruise scuba-diving inside a massive water tank used to film the interior of a submarine that could tilt and rotate 360 degrees.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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In November 1917, the vessel was sailing near Dodman Point when it was torpedoed by a German submarine.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 May 2025
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“Torpedo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpedo. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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