as in submarine
a large sandwich on a long split roll
that deli's torpedoes are big enough to serve two people
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Recent Examples of torpedo
This is Dan McDermott’s big, bold, torpedo bat swing at AMC.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Apr. 2025
First, the Yankees should be good this year, especially with their torpedo bats.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
Fried’s first start was rocky but mostly because the Yankees committed five errors behind him and the defensive miscues were overshadowed by the nine homers in a 20-9 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers that was the precursor to the extensive torpedo bat discussion that even made network news.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
On March 29, the day the Yankees stirred the baseball world into a torpedo bat frenzy, Aaron Judge hit three homers in the first four innings.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 7 Apr. 2025
First, the Yankees should be good this year, especially with their torpedo bats.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
Fried’s first start was rocky but mostly because the Yankees committed five errors behind him and the defensive miscues were overshadowed by the nine homers in a 20-9 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers that was the precursor to the extensive torpedo bat discussion that even made network news.
—Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
On March 29, the day the Yankees stirred the baseball world into a torpedo bat frenzy, Aaron Judge hit three homers in the first four innings.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for torpedo
submarine
Noun
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Relocating houses, streets and even a submarine around the city.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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Over the course of that brief, concentrated period, U-boats sank 56 Allied ships and damaged another 14, losing just one of their own submarines in the process.—
Asia London Palomba,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 June 2025
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“Torpedo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/torpedo. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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