torpedo
To strike with one or more torpedoesTo strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
» The enemy torpedoed our ship.
Der Feind torpedierte unser Schiff. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Der Feind nahm unser Schiff unter Torpedobeschuss. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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3 senses(transitive)To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
torpedieren
торпеди́роватьtorpedírovatʹ
attack or hit with torpedoes
(transitive)To sink (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
торпеди́роватьtorpedírovatʹ
(figuratively, transitive)To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a powerful attack.
Examples
16 sentencesThe enemy torpedoed our ship.
deDer Feind torpedierte unser Schiff. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There's only one torpedo left.
A torpedo sunk the ship Tom's grandfather was on.
A torpedo sunk the ship that Tom's grandfather was on.
The ship Tom's grandfather was on was sunk by a torpedo.
deDas Schiff, auf dem Toms Großvater war, wurde von einem Torpedo versenkt. — raggione
Translations
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Origin
* Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from* Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“to be stiff, numb, torpid; to be astounded; to be inactive”) + -ēdō (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). In the military sense coined by Robert Fulton in 1805. Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).
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Forms
torpedoes, torpedoing, torpedoed, torpedoedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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