a self-propelling cigar-shaped underwater explosive projectile used by submarines, aircraft, etc for attacking ships
NAmer a small firework that explodes when thrown against a hard object
a charge of explosive enclosed in a container or case
an electric ray
torpedo-like adj
[Latin torpedo, literally ‘stiffness, numbness’, from torpēre to be stiff or numb; from the paralysing effect of the electric ray's sting]