to torpedo
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5.1
- verb
- /tɔrˈpiːdoʊ/
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torpedear
- Her reckless comments at the meeting could easily torpedo the entire project.
- torpedo a deal
- torpedo a plan
- torpedo a bill
When the owner found out, he almost torpedoed the whole deal.
- When the owner found out, he almost torpedoed the whole deal.
- And if I do get the help you're talking about, it will absolutely torpedo my career.
- So even if he wanted to change course, people in his own party would seek to undermine him and and torpedo any kind of movement to the center.
- You are going to get torpedoed in the bot if you don't have a weapon on.
- But I've seen people submarine their just torpedo their entire case because they lied about some dumb shit, some dumb little thing.
Examples
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Ted and Caroline helped torpedo Hillary's campaign this year.
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I mean, he did just torpedo the whole idea of tying teacher compensation to student performance.
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But I will tell you the one thing that always will torpedo that and it's equity.
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When the owner found out, he almost torpedoed the whole deal.
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And if I do get the help you're talking about, it will absolutely torpedo my career.
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It's like the race is who says the dumbest thing to torpedo their own campaign.
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How such people imagine that torpedoing health care will aid the economy is beyond me.
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Your actions have torpedoed important national operations and objectives.
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The LA Times hid a tape that would have revealed to the public something that would have torpedoed his presidential campaign.
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An attempt to buy the Baltimore Orioles had been torpedoed by the IRS earlier that year.
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Synonyms
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2.8
Stop something from working or continuing
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4.9
To destroy something greatly or make people feel deeply shocked and sad
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7.5
To destroy completely, often killing many people
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7.7
To destroy something completely as if by a powerful weapon
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7.4
To destroy something completely, often using a nuclear bomb
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7.7
Kill an entire group of people or animals so none are left
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4.1
To completely destroy something, often hopes or plans
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7.7
Put an end to something or to someone's life
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5.1
To blow up something using a strong explosive used to break rock
To end something completely so it cannot continue
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.3
A small fast military boat that fires underwater bombs near the coast
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9.1
A weapon released from a plane that moves under water to hit ships or submarines
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A long metal tube filled with explosives used to make a safe path through barbed wire or mines
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A large underwater weapon launched from submarines with a very powerful warhead to sink big ships
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A large underwater weapon with a very powerful explosive charge that submarines use to attack ships
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A weapon that finds and follows an enemy ship or submarine using sound
- Archaic
A small navy ship that protects larger ships by attacking fast boats with torpedoes
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An underwater weapon that moves by itself and is steered by a wire from the ship that fired it
How Damaging
Surface Forms
Etymology
Torpedo meaning 'to destroy or ruin' comes from the weapon: if something is torpedoed it is suddenly ended or ruined, so the verb now means to ruin or stop plans quickly.