Torpedo

//ˌtoɹˈpi.doʊ//

Synonyms for "torpedo" (253 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Strong matches (76)

Related words (126)

Verb(14 words)

iron out kill knock off liquidate mortify pop off rub out slay snuff out stop someone's clock take top wax wet

Noun(29 words)

italian sandwich j jay jazz cigarette jimmy joint juju left-handed cigarette marijuana cigarette muggle number numbfish phattie poor boy reefer roach shooter spiff spliff submarine

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submarine sandwich toke tube torp triggerman wedge zep zol zoobie zoot

kayo killer knock out ko let fly let off load man eater man-eater man-killer manslayer massacrer matador missile mortar mug mugger murderer muscle man nuclear warhead

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Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

15 entries

alarm alarum alert armament assail attack explosive device firework liquidator manslayer murderer pyrotechnic ray sandwich warning signal

Synonyms

6 entries

bomber detonator electric ray gunman sub torp

Related terms

1 entries

torpid

capable of

7 entries

explode launch icbm missile shoot torpedo sink ship sink submarine target ships travel underwater to target

derived

21 entries

Bangalore torpedo Torpex common torpedo land torpedo neato torpedo spar torpedo torp torpedo boat torpedo body torpedo bomber torpedo boom torpedo catcher torpedo cruiser torpedo juice torpedo net torpedo punt

Showing 16 of 21 words.

has context

5 entries

military rail transport regional slang us

is a

8 entries

alarm armament explosive device firework fish military weapon projectile weapon self powered projectile

manner of

1 entries

attack

related to

26 entries

assassin automobile breast crack cocaine electric ray endeavor explosive firework fish gunman land torpedo marijuana naval mine nipple projectile rail

Showing 16 of 26 words.

Translations

118 translations across 56 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

silur noun (underwater weapon)
torpilë noun (underwater weapon)

Arabic

1 entries

طُرْبِيد noun (underwater weapon)

Armenian

1 entries

տորպեդ noun (underwater weapon)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

torpeda noun (underwater weapon)

Belarusian

2 entries

тарпе́да noun (underwater weapon)
тарпэ́да noun (underwater weapon)

Bengali

1 entries

টর্পেডো noun (underwater weapon)

Bulgarian

3 entries

електри́чески скат noun (fish)
торпе́до noun (underwater weapon)
торпилирам verb (to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes)

Catalan

3 entries

torpede noun (underwater weapon)
torpedinar verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)
torpedinar verb (to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes)

Central Melanau

1 entries

topedo noun (underwater weapon)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

魚雷 /鱼雷 noun (underwater weapon)
鰩魚 /鳐鱼 noun (fish)

Czech

2 entries

torpédo noun (underwater weapon)
torpédovat verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)

Danish

4 entries

torpedo noun (underwater weapon)
torpedere verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)
torpedere verb (to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes)
torpedere verb (to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack)

Dutch

2 entries

torpedo noun (underwater weapon)
torpederen verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)

Esperanto

1 entries

torpedo noun (underwater weapon)

Estonian

1 entries

torpeedo noun (underwater weapon)

Finnish

4 entries

sähkörausku noun (fish)
torpedo noun (underwater weapon)
torpedoida verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)
torpedoida verb (to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes)

French

4 entries

torpille noun (underwater weapon)
torpille noun (fish)
torpiller verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)
torpiller verb (to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes)

Galician

2 entries

torpedo noun (underwater weapon)
trémaro noun (fish)

Georgian

1 entries

ტორპედო noun (underwater weapon)

German

3 entries

Torpedo noun (underwater weapon)
Zitterrochen noun (fish)
torpedieren verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)

Greek

4 entries

τορπίλη noun (underwater weapon)
τορπιλίζω verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)
τορπιλίζω verb (to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes)
τορπιλίζω verb (to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack)

Gujarati

1 entries

નૌકાનાશક noun (underwater weapon)

Hindi

2 entries

टारपीडो noun (underwater weapon)
टॉरपीडो noun (underwater weapon)

Hungarian

2 entries

torpedó noun (underwater weapon)
zsibbasztó rája noun (fish)

Icelandic

1 entries

tundurskeyti noun (underwater weapon)

Indonesian

1 entries

torpedo noun (underwater weapon)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

اَژْدَر noun (underwater weapon)
تُرْپی noun (underwater weapon)

Italian

4 entries

siluro noun (underwater weapon)
torpedine noun (underwater weapon)
torpedine noun (fish)
torpiglia noun (fish)

Japanese

3 entries

魚雷 noun (underwater weapon)
雷撃する verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)
雷撃する verb (to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes)

Kazakh

1 entries

торпеда noun (underwater weapon)

Korean

1 entries

어뢰 noun (underwater weapon)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

торпеда noun (underwater weapon)

Latvian

1 entries

torpēda noun (underwater weapon)

Lithuanian

1 entries

torpeda noun (underwater weapon)

Macedonian

1 entries

торпе́до noun (underwater weapon)

Malay

1 entries

torpedo noun (underwater weapon)

Marathi

1 entries

टॉरपीडो noun (underwater weapon)

Māori

2 entries

tōpīto noun (underwater weapon)
tōpīto verb (to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

torpedo noun (underwater weapon)

Polish

3 entries

torpeda noun (underwater weapon)
torpedować verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)
torpedować verb (to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes)

Portuguese

2 entries

torpedo noun (underwater weapon)
torpedear verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)

Romanian

2 entries

torpedo noun (underwater weapon)
torpilă noun (underwater weapon)

Russian

4 entries

торпе́да noun (underwater weapon)
торпе́до noun (fish)
электри́ческий скат noun (fish)
торпеди́ровать verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dr̀htulja noun (fish)
torpédo noun (underwater weapon)
др̀хтуља noun (fish)
торпе́до noun (underwater weapon)

Slovak

1 entries

torpédo noun (underwater weapon)

Slovene

1 entries

torpedo noun (underwater weapon)

Spanish

4 entries

raya eléctrica noun (fish)
torpedo noun (underwater weapon)
torpedo noun (fish)
torpedear verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)

Swedish

4 entries

torped noun (underwater weapon)
torpedera verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)
torpedera verb (to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes)
torpedera verb (to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack)

Tajik

1 entries

торпеда noun (underwater weapon)

Thai

4 entries

ตอร์ปิโด noun (underwater weapon)
ทิ้งระเบิดตอร์ปิโด verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)
ทิ้งระเบิดตอร์ปิโด verb (to sink a ship with one or more torpedoes)
ทิ้งระเบิดตอร์ปิโด verb (to undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack)

Turkish

1 entries

torpido noun (underwater weapon)

Ukrainian

1 entries

торпе́да noun (underwater weapon)

Uyghur

1 entries

تورپېدا noun (underwater weapon)

Uzbek

1 entries

torpeda noun (underwater weapon)

Vietnamese

1 entries

ngư lôi noun (underwater weapon)

Volapük

3 entries

torped noun (underwater weapon)
torpeod noun (fish)
torpedön verb (to strike a ship with a torpedo)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It took many torpedo hits to send the battleship Bismarck to Davy Jones's locker.

Source: tatoeba (273235)

The first air striking unit consisted of 50 Zero fighters, 40 torpedo bombers and 81 dive bombers.

Source: tatoeba (2832692)

There's only one torpedo left.

Source: tatoeba (3728120)

The ship that Tom's grandfather was on was sunk by a torpedo.

Source: tatoeba (7932837)

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