| Sounds | taorpiy'dow. | |
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| Rhymes | aficionado ... window: 51 rhymes with dow... | |
| Meaning | A professional killer who uses a gun. | |
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| Synonyms | gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, shooter | |
| Broader | murderer, liquidator, manslayer | A criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful / unlawful / unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) |
| Spanish | asesino a sueldo, asesino profesional, pistolero, sicario | |
| Catalan | assassí professional | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, wedge, zep | |
| Broader | sandwich | Two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them |
| Spanish | hoagie, submarino, zep | |
| Catalan | hoagie, hoagy, zep | |
| Meaning | 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). | |
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| Broader | explosive device | device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy |
| Meaning | A small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface. | |
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| Broader | firework, pyrotechnic | (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Broader | alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum | An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger |
| explosive device | device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy | |
| Meaning | armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target. | |
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| Narrower | aerial torpedo | A torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane |
| bangalore torpedo | A metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire | |
| homing torpedo | A torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines) | |
| submarine torpedo | A torpedo designed to be launched from a submarine | |
| Broader | armament | weaponry used by military or naval force |
| Spanish | torpedo | |
| Catalan | torpede | |
| Verbs | torpedo | attack or hit with torpedoes |
| Meaning | Any sluggish / 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. | |
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| Synonyms | electric ray, crampfish, numbfish | |
| Member of | Torpedinidae, family Torpedinidae | electric rays |
| Broader | ray | cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside |
| Spanish | torpedo | |
| Catalan | torpede, torpediniforme, vaca | |
| Meaning | attack or hit with torpedoes. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
| Spanish | torpedear | |
| Catalan | torpedinar | |
| Nouns | torpedo | armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target |
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