SUBMARINES vs TORPEDO: NOUN
- A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- Plural form of submarine.
- 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 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:
- The typical genus of the family Torpedinidæ.
- A fish of the genus Torpedo or family Torpedinidæ; an electric ray; a cramp-fish or numb-fish.
- 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.
- In medicine, narcosis; stupor.
- 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
- 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 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 of various submarine explosive devices, especially a submarine mine.
- 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.
- A naval mine.
- 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.
- A submarine sandwich.
- A professional gunman or assassin.
- 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.
- 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.
- A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it
- Hence, some other explosive agent.
- An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo
SUBMARINES vs TORPEDO: ADJECTIVE
- Beneath the surface of the sea
- N/A
SUBMARINES vs TORPEDO: VERB
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of submarine.
- Attack or hit with torpedoes
- To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship.
- To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes.
- To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.
SUBMARINES 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.
SUBMARINES 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.
SUBMARINES vs TORPEDO: RELATED WORDS
- Pigboat, Cuban sandwich, Poor boy, Zep, Wedge, Hoagy, Hero, Hoagie, Grinder, Submarine sandwich, Sub, Subsurface, Bomber, Undersea, Torpedo
- Hoagy, Hero, Zep, Hired gun, Gunslinger, Gunman, Submarine sandwich, Shooter, Hoagie, Grinder, Sub, Wedge, Gun, Bomber, Submarine
SUBMARINES vs TORPEDO: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Navy, Vessels, Poor boy, Italian sandwich, Hero sandwich, Cuban sandwich, Wedge, Hero, Grinder, Submarine sandwich, Sub, Subsurface, Bomber, Undersea, Torpedo
- Hit man, Hero sandwich, Electric ray, Cuban sandwich, Hero, Gunslinger, Gunman, Submarine sandwich, Shooter, Grinder, Sub, Wedge, Gun, Bomber, Submarine
SUBMARINES vs TORPEDO: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Although thegeneral practice has been to close neutral territorial seas to belligerent submarines, a neutralnation may elect to allow passage of submarines.
- We agreed that submarines were laying floating mines, but definite place of moored mines laid by submarines was unknown to us.
- The oil platform acts as shelter to the submarines beneath it and we could target those submarines.
- Submarines: Sharks of Steel The underwater world of submarines is examined.
- Several midget submarines were stationed at CEBU, but these submarines were not under my control.
- The Japanese also used submarines, including smaller ones called midget submarines, in the attack.
- Both new and used submarines are listed below; most of them are luxury submarines.
- Submarines proved an effective sea weapon, though eventually vulnerable ships were escorted by warships, and the effectiveness of submarines declined.
- "Conventional submarines are much better than nuclear submarines at littoral surveillance," a political figure familiar with the secret patrols says.
- In July, NATO navies testing the abilities of their ships, submarines, and aircraft to hunt enemy submarines.
- 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.
SUBMARINES vs TORPEDO: QUESTIONS
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- Which Royal Navy submarines have Tomahawk missiles?
- How versatile are nuclear-powered attack submarines?
- What happens to decommissioned submarines in Russia?
- Are hypersonic destroyers being installed on submarines?
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- Which submarines does Fincantieri offer for export?
- How did the D-class submarines differ from modern submarines?
- Why are nuclear submarines more powerful than diesel submarines?
- 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?