launching launch | the act of propelling with force |
electric ray crampfish numbfish torpedo | any 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 |
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) |
launch | a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck |
launching pad launchpad launch pad launch area pad | a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched |
PT boat mosquito boat mosquito craft motor torpedo boat | a small fast unarmored and lightly armed torpedo boat, P(atrol) T(orpedo) boat |
submarine torpedo | a torpedo designed to be launched from a submarine |
torpedo | armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target |
torpedo | 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 |
torpedo | a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper, explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface |
torpedo | 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) |
torpedo boat | small high-speed warship designed for torpedo attacks in coastal waters |
torpedo-boat destroyer | small destroyer that was the forerunner of modern destroyers, designed to destroy torpedo boats |
torpedo tube | a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired |
f bomber grinder hero hero sandwich hoagie hoagy Cuban sandwich Italian sandwich poor boy sub submarine submarine sandwich torpedo wedge zep | 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 |
a gunman gunslinger hired gun gun gun for hire triggerman hit man hitman torpedo shootera | a professional killer who uses a gun |
plunge a launch | begin with vigor, He launched into a long diatribe, She plunged into a dangerous adventure |
torpedo | attack or hit with torpedoes |
launch | smoothen the surface of, launch plaster |
launch | propel with force, launch the space shuttle, Launch a ship |
launch set in motion | get going, give impetus to, launch a career, Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process |
launch | launch for the first time, launch on a maiden voyage, launch a ship |
establish set up found launch | set up or found, She set up a literacy program |