Thesaurus results for TORPEDO

torpedo

noun

tȯr-ˈpē-(ˌ)dō

Definition of torpedo next

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 Whilst scalping tickets to watch Dorothy Hamill skate for Gold, he and his Olympic-level mustache were mistaken for Marc Spitz, the torpedo in a speedo who swam to seven Golds in ‘72. —

Outside Online, 7 Jan. 2026 Defensive platforms include four to six Mark 36 SRBOC chaff and decoy launchers, an AN/SLQ-25 torpedo decoy, AN/SLQ-49 chaff buoys, a Sea Gnat missile decoy, and an AN/SLQ-32 Electronic Warfare Suite. —

Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026 Then there was the underwater stuff where we’re connected to the spirit tree before the torpedo hits and pushes us back. —

Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 26 Dec. 2025 Enemy planes dropped two aerial torpedoes and one bomb on the Utah. —

Linda Dudik, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for torpedo

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submarine

Noun

It is equipped with eight vertical launch system (VLS) tubes, doubling the launcher count carried by earlier Arihant-class submarines.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Feb. 2026
Also based there are submarines in Russia’s Northern Fleet that can carry dozens of nuclear warheads each while hiding beneath sea ice.

— Tom Yulsman, Time, 23 Feb. 2026