as in submarine
a large sandwich on a long split roll
that deli's torpedoes are big enough to serve two people
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On October 15, 1914, a British warship called the HMS Hawke was sailing off the coast of Scotland when it was hit by a German torpedo.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
Just the forward battery compartment and the torpedo compartment.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025
Browse more than 100 independent specialty shops and watch artists work at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, an artists’ collective located in a former WWII torpedo factory.
—Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
The 7,800-ton, 377-foot-long Minnesota, which is conventionally armed with 25 torpedoes and 12 land-attack cruise missiles, will be the first Virginia-class submarine to station in Guam.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2024
Just the forward battery compartment and the torpedo compartment.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 4 Jan. 2025
Browse more than 100 independent specialty shops and watch artists work at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, an artists’ collective located in a former WWII torpedo factory.
—Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
The 7,800-ton, 377-foot-long Minnesota, which is conventionally armed with 25 torpedoes and 12 land-attack cruise missiles, will be the first Virginia-class submarine to station in Guam.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Torpedo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpedo. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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