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a large sandwich on a long split roll
that deli's torpedoes are big enough to serve two people
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Even a fairly young redfish is a taut torpedo of muscle—a beast of an animal, which after a few years can reach as much as nine pounds, almost too big for the shallow waters that have been its nursery.
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Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
The Mellon was once armed with missiles, torpedoes, and sonar, but all were later removed, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
More Stories The ideal for submarine commanders is a robot that doesn't need special handling and can be loaded aboard like a torpedo, then launched from a standard torpedo tube and recovered through the same tube after its mission has been completed.
—David Szondy
june 21, New Atlas, 21 June 2025
In southwest London’s Royal Bushy Park, a Cold War-era torpedo testing site has been reimagined as a striking six-bedroom home.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
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Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
The Mellon was once armed with missiles, torpedoes, and sonar, but all were later removed, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
More Stories The ideal for submarine commanders is a robot that doesn't need special handling and can be loaded aboard like a torpedo, then launched from a standard torpedo tube and recovered through the same tube after its mission has been completed.
—David Szondy
june 21, New Atlas, 21 June 2025
In southwest London’s Royal Bushy Park, a Cold War-era torpedo testing site has been reimagined as a striking six-bedroom home.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for torpedo
submarine
Noun
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The security canopy was installed to conceal the submarine from overhead observation.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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The submarines use mechanical arms to collect the rocks and special sampling pumps and bags to collect the hydrothermal fluids.—
James F. Holden,
The Conversation,
21 July 2025
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“Torpedo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpedo. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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