How to use "torpedo" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "torpedo" in popular movie and book plots

  • While Lawrence is discussing the transfer requests with Vincent, a torpedo hits the ship but does not detonate.  - The Frogmen
  • Ash goes to another trash pile there and finds a high powered torpedo gun.  - Evil Dead: Regeneration
  • When the captain goes to check on a problem in the torpedo hatch, Homer is left in charge.  - Simpson Tide
  • It is here that the true nature of the Dark Dragons' new weapon is revealed: it is a torpedo which can be used to level Prima.  - Breath of Fire (video game)
  • As Murrell had hoped, von Stolberg decides to torpedo on the surface on what he perceives to be a crippled ship.  - The Enemy Below
  • According to Tulla, Paul was born at the moment the ship sank, on board the torpedo boat which had rescued them.  - Crabwalk
  • They intended to wait for an incident that would put the N-22's reputation in question and torpedo the company's deal with China.  - Airframe (novel)
  • As the fighters begin their attack run, they receive word that their ship has been hit by a Soviet torpedo and is sinking.  - By Dawn's Early Light
  • The torpedo misses its target and instead "sinks" a truck ashore.  - Operation Petticoat
  • Murphy uses the crane to recover an unexploded torpedo fired earlier from the U-boat and drops it on the trapped crew, killing them.  - Murphy's War
  • However the plasma torpedoes' range is limited, and to fire a torpedo requires so much power that the ship must decloak before it can launch.  - Balance of Terror
  • Intent on stopping the being, Kirk orders the Enterprise to fire a photon torpedo at their location, to little effect.  - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
  • In his mind's eye, the Count sees a vision of what would happen if he sent a torpedo crashing into the liner, and he recoils.  - Civilization (film)
  • Rose comes up with a plan to convert the African Queen into a torpedo boat and sink the Königin Luise.  - The African Queen (film)
  • submarines escorting Red October are prevented from firing by rules of engagement, and Red October is damaged by a torpedo from the Alfa.  - The Hunt for Red October
  • A space burial is held in the Enterprise torpedo room and Spock's coffin is shot into orbit around the new planet.  - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

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