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  Torpedo \Tor*pe"do\, n.; pl. Torpedoes. [L. torpedo, -inis,
     from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch
        fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are
        related to the rays, but have the power of giving
        electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and
        numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.
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     Note: The common European torpedo ({Torpedo vulgaris) and
           the American species ({Torpedo occidentalis) are the
           best known.
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     2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them
        up; a mine[4]. Specifically: 
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
        (a) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel,
            beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so
            designed that they will explode when touched or
            approached by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is
            closed by an operator on shore; now called marine
            mine. [obsolete]
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                  Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead! --Adm.
                                                    David Glasgow
                                                    Farragut (At
                                                    the battle of
                                                    Mobile Bay,
                                                    1864).
        (b) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive
            charge, and projected from a ship against another ship
            at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise
            automatic in its action against a distant ship.
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     3. (Mil.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be
        exploded by electricity or by stepping on it; now called
        land mine. [obsolete]
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     4. (Railroad) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed
        on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive
        wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.
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     5. An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a
        bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of
        obstructions or to open communication with a source of
        supply of oil.
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     6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet,
        which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
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     7. An automobile with a torpedo body. [Archaic Cant]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
  
     Fish torpedo, a spindle-shaped, or fish-shaped,
        self-propelling submarine torpedo.
  
     Spar torpedo, a canister or other vessel containing an
        explosive charge, and attached to the end of a long spar
        which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against
        an enemy's ship, exploding the torpedo.
  
     Torpedo boat, a vessel adapted for carrying, launching,
        operating, or otherwise making use of, torpedoes against
        an enemy's ship., especially, a small, fast boat with
        tubes for launching torpedoes.
  
     Torpedo nettings, nettings made of chains or bars, which
        can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink
        beneath the surface of the water, as a protection against
        torpedoes.
        [1913 Webster]

  land mine
       n : an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped
           on or driven over [syn: ground-emplaced mine, booby
           trap]

  land mine
     alt.
     1 (lb en military) A mine that is placed on land and designed to
  explode when stepped upon or touched.
     2 (lb en figuratively) A critical subject or situation with concealed
  or unpredictable implications.
     3 (c en Exercise equipment)(cln en genericized trademarks)(lb en
  always written together, from a Landmine™ developed in 1999 by a US
  company called Sorinex) A piece of exercise device consisting of a
  pivoting tube attached to the ground to which a barbell can be fitted to
  lift it off the ground.
     n.
     1 (lb en military) A mine that is placed on land and designed to
  explode when stepped upon or touched.
     2 (lb en figuratively) A critical subject or situation with concealed
  or unpredictable implications.
     3 (c en Exercise equipment)(cln en genericized trademarks)(lb en
  always written together, from a Landmine™ developed in 1999 by a US
  company called Sorinex) A piece of exercise device consisting of a
  pivoting tube attached to the ground to which a barbell can be fitted to
  lift it off the ground.

  land mine
     alt.
     1 (lb en military) A mine that is placed on land and designed to
  explode when stepped upon or touched.
     2 (lb en figuratively) A critical subject or situation with concealed
  or unpredictable implications.
     3 (c en Exercise equipment)(cln en genericized trademarks)(lb en
  always written together, from a Landmine™ developed in 1999 by a US
  company called Sorinex) A piece of exercise device consisting of a
  pivoting tube attached to the ground to which a barbell can be fitted to
  lift it off the ground.
     n.
     1 (lb en military) A mine that is placed on land and designed to
  explode when stepped upon or touched.
     2 (lb en figuratively) A critical subject or situation with concealed
  or unpredictable implications.
     3 (c en Exercise equipment)(cln en genericized trademarks)(lb en
  always written together, from a Landmine™ developed in 1999 by a US
  company called Sorinex) A piece of exercise device consisting of a
  pivoting tube attached to the ground to which a barbell can be fitted to
  lift it off the ground.

  land mine
     alt.
     1 (lb en military) A mine that is placed on land and designed to
  explode when stepped upon or touched.
     2 (lb en figuratively) A critical subject or situation with concealed
  or unpredictable implications.
     3 (c en Exercise equipment)(cln en genericized trademarks)(lb en
  always written together, from a Landmine™ developed in 1999 by a US
  company called Sorinex) A piece of exercise device consisting of a
  pivoting tube attached to the ground to which a barbell can be fitted to
  lift it off the ground.
     n.
     1 (lb en military) A mine that is placed on land and designed to
  explode when stepped upon or touched.
     2 (lb en figuratively) A critical subject or situation with concealed
  or unpredictable implications.
     3 (c en Exercise equipment)(cln en genericized trademarks)(lb en
  always written together, from a Landmine™ developed in 1999 by a US
  company called Sorinex) A piece of exercise device consisting of a
  pivoting tube attached to the ground to which a barbell can be fitted to
  lift it off the ground.

  land mine
     alt.
     1 (lb en military) A mine that is placed on land and designed to
  explode when stepped upon or touched.
     2 (lb en figuratively) A critical subject or situation with concealed
  or unpredictable implications.
     3 (c en Exercise equipment)(cln en genericized trademarks)(lb en
  always written together, from a Landmine™ developed in 1999 by a US
  company called Sorinex) A piece of exercise device consisting of a
  pivoting tube attached to the ground to which a barbell can be fitted to
  lift it off the ground.
     n.
     1 (lb en military) A mine that is placed on land and designed to
  explode when stepped upon or touched.
     2 (lb en figuratively) A critical subject or situation with concealed
  or unpredictable implications.
     3 (c en Exercise equipment)(cln en genericized trademarks)(lb en
  always written together, from a Landmine™ developed in 1999 by a US
  company called Sorinex) A piece of exercise device consisting of a
  pivoting tube attached to the ground to which a barbell can be fitted to
  lift it off the ground.

  land mine //ˈlænd.maɪn// 
  ми́на, противопехо́тна ми́на
  mine that is placed on land

  land mine /lˈand mˈaɪn/ 
   [voj] pozemní mina

  land mine /lˈand mˈaɪn/
  Landmine 
   see: mine, mines, oscillating mine, Bouncing Betty, sea mine, naval mine, bouncing mine, floating mine, drifting mine, actuated mine, disarmed mine, lay mines
  

  land mine //ˈlænd.maɪn// 
  maamiina
  mine that is placed on land

  land mine //ˈlænd.maɪn// 
  ranjau darat
  mine that is placed on land

  land mine //ˈlænd.maɪn// 
  地雷
  mine that is placed on land

  land mine //ˈlænd.maɪn// 
  landmina
  mine that is placed on land

     n. 地雷