TORPEDO in a Sentence

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Example sentences for TORPEDO, such as:
1. His ship was blown up by a torpedo.
2. Ice could freeze up their torpedo release mechanisms.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of TORPEDO
torpedo
 n.  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)
 v.  attack or hit with torpedoes
Classic Sentence:
1  It was a few days before the Fourth of July, and a grey, scrawny Italian child was setting torpedoes in a row along the railroad track.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Example Sentence:
1  Ice could freeze up their torpedo release mechanisms.
2  His ship was blown up by a torpedo.
3  The destroyer's armament consist of several small cannon, two torpedo tube and a number of anti-craft gun.