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.
Un projectil sota l'aigua en forma de cigars, autopropulsat llançat des d'un submarí, avió o vaixell i dissenyat per detonar en contacte amb, o en les proximitats d'un objectiu.
Any of various submarine explosive devices, especially a submarine mine.
Qualsevol dels diversos artefactes explosius submarins, especialment una mina submarina.
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.
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An explosive fired in an oil or gas well to begin or increase the flow.
Un explosiu disparat en un pou de petroli o gas per començar o augmentar el flux.
A small firework consisting of gravel wrapped in tissue paper with a percussion cap that explodes when thrown against a hard surface.
Un petit castell de focs artificials consistent en grava embolicada en paper de seda amb un tap de percussió que explota quan es llança contra una superfície dura.
See electric ray.
Vegeu raig elèctric.
Slang A professional assassin or thug.
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Chiefly New Jersey See submarine. See Regional Note at submarine.
Vegeu principalment submarí New Jersey. Vegeu Nota regional al submarí.
To attack, strike, or sink with a torpedo.
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To destroy decisively; wreck: torpedo efforts at reform.
Destruir decisivament; Naufragi: torpede els esforços de reforma.