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Noun

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gunman.noun.01:
a professional killer who uses a gun
Contains:
10) shooter
 1) gunman
 3) hired gun
 2) gunslinger
 5) gun for hire
 4) gun
 7) hit man
 6) triggerman
 9) torpedo
 8) hitman

Sense: 2

bomber.noun.03:
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
Contains:
11) submarine
 10) sub
 13) torpedo
 12) submarine sandwich
 15) zep
 14) wedge
 1) bomber
 3) hero
 2) grinder
 5) hoagie
 4) hero sandwich
 7) Cuban sandwich
 6) hoagy
 9) poor boy
 8) Italian sandwich

Sense: 3

torpedo.noun.03:
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)
Contains:
1) torpedo

Sense: 4

torpedo.noun.04:
a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
Contains:
1) torpedo

Sense: 5

torpedo.noun.05:
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
Contains:
1) torpedo

Sense: 6

torpedo.noun.06:
armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
Contains:
1) torpedo

Sense: 7

electric ray.noun.01:
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
Contains:
1) electric ray
 3) numbfish
 2) crampfish
 4) torpedo

Verb

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torpedo.verb.01:
attack or hit with torpedoes
Contains:
1) torpedo

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Cards of Wu The torpedo is evidently a CHT-02D, with a diameter of 21 inches and weight of 1.7 tons, and a payload of 250 kg - which s consistent with the size of the explosion. http://frankwu.livejournal.com/2010/05/21/
Archive 2010-02-01 In 1939 a fourteen year old British cabin boy was killed when a torpedo from a German U-boat shot it. http://authorsunleashed.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html
Editorial Notes to 'Letter to the Women of England' Letter] page 93 petrifying torpedo: In Johnsons Dictionary, a torpedo is "a fish which while alive, if touched even with a long stick, benumbs the hand that so touches it." http://www.rc.umd.edu/editions/robinson/rnotesb.html
Beer: The Further Pursuit of Hoppiness The ale undergoes a dry-hopping and a “torpedoing” -- that is, the beer is pumped back and forth between the fermenter and a hop-filled tank called the torpedo because of its shape. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/all-we-can-eat/beer/beer-the-further-pursuit-of-ho.html
Saber Rattling The prop shaft produced as evidence of a torpedo is a mismatch. http://themanwhonevermissed.blogspot.com/2010/07/saber-rattling.html
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