torpedo
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(verb) attack or hit with torpedoes |
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Related Words: assail, attack |
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(noun) a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target |
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Related Words: aerial torpedo, armament, bangalore torpedo, homing torpedo, submarine torpedo |
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(noun) any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges |
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Synonyms: crampfish, electric ray, numbfish |
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Related Words: ray |
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(noun) a professional killer who uses a gun |
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Synonyms: gun, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, shooter |
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Related Words: liquidator, murderer |
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(noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States |
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Synonyms: Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, wedge, zep |
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Related Words: sandwich |
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