Torpedo
noun — Plural: Torpedoes
- 1.
- (a large cigar shaped self propelled projectile used to blow up enemy ships) គ្រាប់បែកបាញ់នាវា
- 2.
- គ្រាប់បាញ់នាវា
verb — past tense: torpedoed ; past participle: torpedoed ;
- 1.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ធ្វើអោយខូចខាតអន្តរាយ
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To attack, sink with torpedoes) torpedo a ship បាញ់នឹងគ្រាប់បែកបាញ់នាវា, torpedo my plans ធ្វើនត្ថការ (ធ្វើអោយខូចអ្វីមួយដោយចេតនា)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Torpedoes
- 1.
- A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it.
- 2.
- Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish.
- 3.
- An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up.
- 4.
- A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore.
- 5.
- A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.
- 6.
- A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
- 7.
- An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil.
- 8.
- A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
- 9.
- An automobile with a torpedo body.
verb — past tense: torpedoed ; past participle: torpedoed ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.