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TORPEDO rate
(Abbreviation) The Optical Retrieval Project Electronic Documents Online
torpedo rate
(Noun) (Current.) An elongated self-propelled explosive that travels underwater to explode on contact with or in close proximity to an enemy vessel - be it a surface ship or a submarine.
(19th-century.) A mine.
Usage: David Farragut's most famous line - "Full speed ahead and damn the torpedoes!" - uses "torpedo" (pluralized) in its 19th-century sense.


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