Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to torpedo
Participle: torpedoed
Gerund: torpedoing
Indicative
Present
| I | torpedo |
| you | torpedo |
| he;she;it | torpedoes |
| we | torpedo |
| you | torpedo |
| they | torpedo |
Perfect
| I | have torpedoed |
| you | have torpedoed |
| he;she;it | has torpedoed |
| we | have torpedoed |
| you | have torpedoed |
| they | have torpedoed |
Past
| I | torpedoed |
| you | torpedoed |
| he;she;it | torpedoed |
| we | torpedoed |
| you | torpedoed |
| they | torpedoed |
Pluperfect
| I | had torpedoed |
| you | had torpedoed |
| he;she;it | had torpedoed |
| we | had torpedoed |
| you | had torpedoed |
| they | had torpedoed |
Future
| I | will torpedo |
| you | will torpedo |
| he;she;it | will torpedo |
| we | will torpedo |
| you | will torpedo |
| they | will torpedo |
Future Perfect
| I | will have torpedoed |
| you | will have torpedoed |
| he;she;it | will have torpedoed |
| we | will have torpedoed |
| you | will have torpedoed |
| they | will have torpedoed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | torpedo |
| you | torpedo |
| he;she;it | torpedo |
| we | torpedo |
| you | torpedo |
| they | torpedo |
Perfect
| I | have torpedoed |
| you | have torpedoed |
| he;she;it | have torpedoed |
| we | have torpedoed |
| you | have torpedoed |
| they | have torpedoed |
Imperfect
| I | torpedoed |
| you | torpedoed |
| he;she;it | torpedoed |
| we | torpedoed |
| you | torpedoed |
| they | torpedoed |
Pluperfect
| I | had torpedoed |
| you | had torpedoed |
| he;she;it | had torpedoed |
| we | had torpedoed |
| you | had torpedoed |
| they | had torpedoed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would torpedo |
| you | would torpedo |
| he;she;it | would torpedo |
| we | would torpedo |
| you | would torpedo |
| they | would torpedo |
Perfect
| I | would have torpedoed |
| you | would have torpedoed |
| he;she;it | would have torpedoed |
| we | would have torpedoed |
| you | would have torpedoed |
| they | would have torpedoed |
Imperative
| you | torpedo |
| we | Let's torpedo |
| you | torpedo |
Verbs conjugated like 'torpedo'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'torpedo'
torpefy,
fordo,
forego,
redo,
stampedo,
tope,
torend,
torfel,
torment,
torpify,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to put to death; to extinguish life.
- annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, lay waste to, make a way with, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put out of one's misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, take, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, kill, waste, wipe out, wreck
- shell
- bomb, besiege, blast, attack, bombard, blitz
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. * Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“to be stiff, numb, torpid; to be astounded; to be inactive”) + -ēdō (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). In the military sense coined by Robert Fulton in 1805. Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).
2. * (type of car): From 1908, after "the Torpedo", a car designed by Captain Theo Masui. See: Latin '
torpēdō', Old English '
steorfan'.
Sample Sentences
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The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions. [2013 November 26, Tilman Dedering, “‘Avenge the Lusitania’: The Anti-German Riots in South Africa in 1915”, in Immigrants & Minorities, volume 31, number 3, →DOI, pages 256–288:]
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The left-back had been a selection concern because of an injury niggle but his first goal since last March swung this derby decisively in United’s favour, extending their club record unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League to 22 games and torpedoing City’s sequence of 21 straight wins in all competitions. [2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian:]
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The Toronto-based company[…] promised a certain fantasy, particularly aimed at men: a list of women ready and willing to have an affair; a secret good time outside the bounds of one’s partnership; self-proclaimed extensive security measures to prevent torpedoing one’s domestic life. [2024 May 14, Adrian Horton, “Inside the rise and fall of Ashley Madison: ‘People literally lost their lives’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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The decision (5-4) by the nine-member bench has torpedoed Srettha’s troubled government, which has failed to gain support in parliament and among the Thai public. [2024 August 14, Aidan Jones, “Thai PM Srettha Thavisin dismissed from office by court”, in scmp.com:]
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“It was really like a festering sore for quite some time,” said Michael Kugelman, director of the South Asia Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC, who said the disagreement over Khalistan “has really torpedoed the relationship.” [2024 November 29, Lex Harvey, “Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations”, in CNN:]