wire-guided torpedo
- noun
- Specialized
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torpedo guiado por cable
- A wire-guided torpedo can be accurately steered toward its target even if the enemy tries to evade.
Examples
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Training exercises demonstrated the effectiveness of the wire-guided torpedo when attacking moving ships.
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The new submarine is equipped with the latest wire-guided torpedoes for underwater defense.
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The Navy deployed a wire-guided torpedo during the exercise.
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Did you see the wire-guided torpedo in action?
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A wire-guided torpedo can be accurately steered toward its target even if the enemy tries to evade.
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The new submarine is equipped with the latest wire-guided torpedoes for underwater defense.
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Training exercises demonstrated the effectiveness of the wire-guided torpedo when attacking moving ships.
How Accurate
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Surface Forms
Morphology
wire-guided + torpedo
The meaning 'a torpedo steered by wire' is directly and transparently derived from the constituents: 'wire' (a conductor) + 'guided' (steered) modifying 'torpedo' (an underwater missile), so a B1 learner who knows those words can infer the meaning. The compound adjective pattern 'X-guided' (guided by X) is a regular, compositional English formation and is cross-linguistically familiar, which supports full transparency.
Etymology
Wire-guided torpedo comes from a simple picture: a torpedo moves away from the ship while a thin wire stays attached so the crew can guide it with signals. Because the ship sends signals along that wire to change its path, the term means 'a torpedo steered from its launching vessel'.
