torpedo
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a professional killer who uses a gun
Types & categories
- liquidator hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
attack or hit with torpedoes
Types & categories
- attack hypernym
Related & opposite
- torpedo derivation
Sense 3 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
Types & categories
- sandwich hypernym
Sense 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)
Types & categories
- explosive device hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
Types & categories
- firework hypernym
Sense 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
Types & categories
- explosive device hypernym
- warning signal hypernym
Sense 7 noun
armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
Types & categories
- armament hypernym
- aerial torpedo hyponym
- bangalore torpedo hyponym
- homing torpedo hyponym
- submarine torpedo hyponym
Related & opposite
- torpedo derivation
Sense 8 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
Types & categories
- ray hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Torpedinidae member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gun |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pip |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | liquidator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | torpedo |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attack |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sandwich |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | explosive device |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | firework |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | explosive device |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | warning signal |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | torpedo |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | armament |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | aerial torpedo |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bangalore torpedo |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | homing torpedo |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | submarine torpedo |
| 8 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Torpedinidae |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | ray |