supertorpedo
supertorpedo noun: a particularly powerful torpedo.
Noun
supertorpedo (plural supertorpedos or supertorpedoes)
- A particularly powerful torpedo.
- More than the battleship, the cruiser is one of the principal agents of this work, and all friends of the navy will rejoice that twenty-three of the war-built vessels, many of them but fragile supertorpedo craft, are now to be replaced by up-to-date ships, better designed and equipped for service...1925, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, United States Naval Institute Proceedings 1925-10: Volume 51, Issue 10, United States Naval Institute, page 1975
- Hydrobomb tests are made in this 500-foot tank with underwater observation windows. The electric-powered tow car is lowered to the tracks at either side of the tank, completely straddling it when in operation. Still experimental, this plane-borne supertorpedo can carry a heavier charge twice as...1941, Hearst Magazines, Popular Mechanics, Hearst Magazines, page 85
Examples of supertorpedo in a sentence
- Still experimental, this plane-borne supertorpedo can carry a heavier charge twice as fast as current types[.]1941, Hearst Magazines, Popular Mechanics, Hearst Magazines, page 85:
- The same sort of weapon can be shot in missiles, used in mines, launched in supertorpedoes of long range, aimed at coastal cities from far at sea, etc., etc., ad nauseam.1957, Philip Wylie, The Innocent Ambassadors, Rinehart, page 89:
- The destroyer started as a supertorpedo boat, and the torpedo has remained one of its primary weapons, but the passing of the battle line has not decreased the demand for destroyers.1966, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge: Volume 7, Encyclopaedia Britannica, page 309:
- They lose time when their small control ship is damaged, and the raider battleship runs afoul of an American naval vessel that is testing a new supertorpedo.1990, Everett Franklin Bleiler, Science-Fiction, the Early Years, Kent State University Press, page 506:
Forms of supertorpedo
| plural | supertorpedos |
|---|---|
| plural | supertorpedoes |
Origin of supertorpedo
From super- + torpedo.
Questions about supertorpedo
- What does supertorpedo mean?
- Supertorpedo means a particularly powerful torpedo.
- How do you use supertorpedo in a sentence?
- Still experimental, this plane-borne supertorpedo can carry a heavier charge twice as fast as current types[.]
- What part of speech is supertorpedo?
- Supertorpedo is a noun.
- What is the plural of supertorpedo?
- The plural of supertorpedo is supertorpedos.
Words near supertorpedo in the dictionary
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