GUNS vs TORPEDO: NOUN
- The discharge of a gun as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
- Well-developed muscles of the upper arm, especially the biceps and triceps.
- Plural form of gun.
- A pedal that controls the throttle valve
- A professional killer who uses a gun
- Large but transportable armament
- A person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
- A hand-operated pump that resembles a gun; forces grease into parts of a machine
- A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- The typical genus of the family Torpedinidæ.
- A professional assassin or thug.
- A small firework consisting of gravel wrapped in tissue paper with a percussion cap that explodes when thrown against a hard surface.
- An explosive fired in an oil or gas well to begin or increase the flow.
- A small explosive placed on a railroad track that is fired by the weight of the train to sound a warning of an approaching hazard.
- Any of various submarine explosive devices, especially a submarine mine.
- A cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater projectile launched from a submarine, aircraft, or ship and designed to detonate on contact with or in the vicinity of a target.
- A professional killer who uses a gun
- An explosive device belonging to either of two distinct classes of submarine destructive agents used in war—namely, torpedoes proper, which are propelled against an enemy's ship, and more or less stationary submarine mines, placed where a hostile vessel would be likely to come within range of their destructive effect. Of the first class, called also offensive torpedoes, there are three principal types:
- 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
- An explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
- A small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
- A small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
- Armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
- 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
- A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it
- A professional gunman or assassin.
- An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo
- A naval mine.
- A submarine sandwich.
- A fish having wings that generate electric current, a kind of electric ray.
- A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
- Nettings made of chains or bars, which can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against torpedoes.
- A vessel adapted for carrying, launching, operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with tubes for launching torpedoes.
- A canister or other vessel containing an explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
- A spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped, self-propelling submarine torpedo.
- An automobile with a torpedo body.
- A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
- An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil.
- Hence, some other explosive agent.
- A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
- A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called land mine.
- A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.
- A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so designed that they will explode when touched or approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore; now called marine mine.
- An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up; a mine{4}.
- Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.
- In medicine, narcosis; stupor.
- A fish of the genus Torpedo or family Torpedinidæ; an electric ray; a cramp-fish or numb-fish.
GUNS vs TORPEDO: VERB
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gun.
- To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes.
- To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship.
- Attack or hit with torpedoes
- To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.
GUNS vs TORPEDO: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To attack, strike, or sink with a torpedo.
- To destroy decisively; wreck.
- To destroy, cause to halt, or prevent from being accomplished; -- used esp. with reference to a plan or an enterprise, halted by some action before the plan is put into execution.
- To destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.
GUNS vs TORPEDO: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- To use or explode torpedoes.
- To attack with torpedoes; explode a torpedo under or in.
- In sinking oil-wells in a petroleum district, to explode a charge of nitroglycerin at the bottom of (the drilled well) in order to shatter the rock and increase the flow of oil. Charges of from 20 to 80 quarts of the explosive are frequently used, and are contained in tin-plate cases, which are carefully lowered into position and exploded by the dropping of a heavy iron cylinder from above.
GUNS vs TORPEDO: RELATED WORDS
- Hit man, Grease gun, Accelerator, Accelerator pedal, Gas, Heavy weapon, Hired gun, Gas pedal, Throttle, Torpedo, Gunslinger, Artillery, Ordnance, Shooter, Gunman
- Hoagy, Hero, Zep, Hired gun, Gunslinger, Gunman, Submarine sandwich, Shooter, Hoagie, Grinder, Sub, Wedge, Gun, Bomber, Submarine
GUNS vs TORPEDO: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Pistols, Handguns, Firearms, Hit man, Grease gun, Accelerator pedal, Gas, Gas pedal, Throttle, Torpedo, Gunslinger, Artillery, Ordnance, Shooter, Gunman
- Hit man, Hero sandwich, Electric ray, Cuban sandwich, Hero, Gunslinger, Gunman, Submarine sandwich, Shooter, Grinder, Sub, Wedge, Gun, Bomber, Submarine
GUNS vs TORPEDO: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Airsoft guns usually shoot at higher FPS limits than paintball guns, but paint makes more of a mess.
- Guns Plus is the only shop in Arizona to stock Cowboy Mounted shooting guns and supplies.
- Including sale design safety gun and heat guns at wholesale prices from uzi guns manufacturers.
- In addition, he occasionally used water guns instead of real guns to save money.
- By some estimates, those guns are more likely to become crime guns.
- No person shall bring hunting guns, air guns, swords, etc.
- And a few guns; really big, ornate guns.
- WHO has the guns and not which guns.
- Blue guns, Laser training devices, Air Soft, Air guns, toy guns, etc.
- The products that it manufactures include replicas of firearms, BB Guns, Pellet Guns, and Airsoft guns.
- Between 1883 and 1885 the Royal Engineers held trials and in 1886 the torpedo was recommended for adoption as a harbour defence torpedo.
- Motor torpedo boat PT-308, in company with two British motor torpedo boats, operating from Leghorn, Italy, attack three northbound flak lighters off Point Moneglia.
- Navy Mk III Torpedo Data Computer, the standard US Navy torpedo fire control computer during World War II.
- Torpedo Pawn moves two squares forwards to the immediate square left or right of the Torpedo Pawn.
- These upgrades include the Torpedo Upgrade, which installs a torpedo firing bay in the front of the Seamoth.
- We had a conception that the aerial torpedo was very effective and so we increased torpedo training.
- We have added torpedo lead indication and changed the torpedo launch mechanics.
- Torpedo heavy assaults look enticing, especially for manual torpedo face drops.
- Torpedo lead marker for the stern torpedo launcher has been fixed.
- Torpedo tubes Torpedo tubes are basically airlocks for a volume just slightly greater than a torpedo.
GUNS vs TORPEDO: QUESTIONS
- Can Social Security disability recipients own guns?
- What happened to Guns N Roses Without Guns N'Roses guitarist?
- Are band powered spear guns better than pneumatic spear guns?
- Are CO2 powered airsoft guns better than green gas powered guns?
- What guns are the guns in BO4 based on in real life?
- Can Guns Germs and steel be considered a refutation of guns?
- Why were the guns at Johore battery called 15-inch guns?
- Should paintball guns be made to look like real guns?
- Are people painting real guns to look like Toy Guns?
- Why do lighter guns shoot harder than heavier guns?
- How did the resistance get the mg7-a proton torpedo?
- Is there such a thing as a Super underwater torpedo?
- Is there such a thing as a supercavitating torpedo?
- How will the Navy power the very lightweight torpedo?
- What is the APR-3E airborne light ASW acoustic homing torpedo?
- Could miniature torpedoes be the next anti-torpedo interceptor weapon?
- What was the first boat with a self propelled torpedo?
- Could Japan have attacked Pearl Harbor with an aerial torpedo?
- Is DRDO developing a missile-assisted anti-submarine torpedo?
- Can unsourced material be removed from a Bangalore torpedo?