Oct 8, 2019 · A riveting true story of World War II, Torpedoed chronicles the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which evacuated children from England.

In modern language, a "torpedo" is an underwater self-propelled explosive, but historically, the term also applied to primitive naval mines and spar torpedoes. These were used on an ad-hoc basis during the …

Destroying and demolishing (Definition of torpedoed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Torpedo comes to English by way of Latin torpēdō, which has two quite different meanings. It refers to a state of inertness, sluggishness, or lethargy, and it refers to a creature also known as the electric ray.

Define torpedoed. torpedoed synonyms, torpedoed pronunciation, torpedoed translation, English dictionary definition of torpedoed. n. pl. tor·pe·does 1. A cigar-shaped, self-propelled underwater …

TORPEDO definition: a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or …

If a ship is torpedoed, it is hit, and usually sunk, by a torpedo or torpedoes. More than a thousand people died when the ship was torpedoed.

'Torpedoed' as a verb emerged in the 20th century, acquiring a broader meaning beyond its maritime military context. It has been increasingly used in figurative speech to describe the act of thwarting …

The battleship was sunk by a torpedo fired by a submarine. The submarine torpedoed the battleship. Her injury torpedoed her goal of competing in the Olympics. He torpedoed the plan.

Destroying and demolishing (Definition of torpedoed from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)