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  1. noun
    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
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  2. noun
    a professional killer who uses a gun
  3. noun
    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
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    ray
  4. noun
    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)
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  5. noun
    armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
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  6. noun
    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
  7. noun
    a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
  8. verb
    attack or hit with torpedoes
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Definition that contains torpedo
  • load the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
  • sub a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
  • submarine a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
  • torpedo attack or hit with torpedoes
  • warhead the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
  • payload the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
  • pigboat a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
  • submarine torpedo a torpedo designed to be launched from a submarine
  • torpedo-boat destroyer small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers; designed to destroy torpedo boats
  • order torpediniformes rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes
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