different between explode vs torpedo

English

Alternative forms

• asplode, esplode (both non-standard)

Etymology

First recorded around 1538, from the Latin verb expl?dere meaning to "drive out or off by clapping". The meaning was originally theatrical, "to drive an actor off the stage by making noise," hence meaning to "to drive out" or "to reject". From ex- (“out”) + plaudere (“to clap; to applaud”). In English it used to mean to "drive out with violence and sudden noise" (from around 1660), and later meaning to "go off with a loud noise" (from around 1790).

The sense of "bursting with destructive force" is first recorded around 1882.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?spl??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?splo?d/
• Rhymes: -??d

Verb

explode (third-person singular simple present explodes, present participle exploding, simple past and past participle exploded)

1. (transitive) To destroy with an explosion.

   Synonyms: blow up, blow, blast, burst

2. (transitive) To destroy violently or abruptly.

3. (transitive) To create an exploded view of.

4. (transitive, archaic) To disprove or debunk.
   • , II, 344

     Astrology is required by many famous physicians […] doubted of, and exploded by others.

   • 1783, Richard Wooddeson, Lectures on the Law of England, 229

     Another instance of the like nature is, that the old opinion, that Turks and infidels are perpetually to be considered as alien enemies, has been long exploded.

5. (intransitive) To blast, to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.

6. (figuratively, intransitive) To make a violent or emotional outburst.

   Synonym: blow up

   • 1902, Albert R. Carman, “My Bridal Trip” (short story), in The Canadian Magazine, Volume 20, Number 1 (November 1902), page 15:

     “Nonsense!” Jack exploded at me. “Why Miss Bertram here knocked that theory into a cocked hat coming over on the train.”

7. (figuratively, intransitive) To increase suddenly.

   Synonym: blow up
8. (computing, programming, PHP) To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
   • 2004, Hugh E. Williams, David Lane, Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL

     The third check uses the exploded data stored in the array $parts and the function checkdate() to test if the date is a valid calendar date.

9. (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.

   Synonym: unstring

   • 1992, "Steve Tibbett", PKZIP Implode compression/decompression. (on newsgroup comp.compression)

     I'm looking for some code that will implode data using the PKZIP method.. and explode it. PKWare sells an object that you can link with that does the job, and we have licensed this, but we are now writing 32 bit code for MS-DOS and the PKWare stuff won't work […]

10. (transitive) To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.

Conjugation

Related terms

• explosion
• explosive
• implode
• implosive
• applaud

Translations

Latin

Verb

expl?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of expl?d?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin torp?d? (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpe? (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) +? -?d? (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”).

Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek ??????? (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic ??????? (trupeti).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??(?)?pi?.d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t???pi.do?/
• Hyphenation: tor?pe?do
• Rhymes: -i?d??

Noun

torpedo (plural torpedoes or torpedos)

1. An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
   • 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men:

     The man has been changed into an artificial monster by the station in which he is born, and the consequent homage that benumbed his faculties like the torpedo's touch […] .

2. (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
   1. (science fiction) A similar projectile that can travel through space.
3. (regional) A submarine sandwich.
4. (archaic, military) A naval mine.
5. (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo.
6. (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
7. (rail transport, US) A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
8. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
9. An automobile with a torpedo body.
10. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A woman's shoe with a pointed toe. [1910s]
11. (slang, chiefly US, usually in the plural) A large breast; breast with a large nipple. [from 1960s]
12. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
    1. A thick marijuana cigarette. [1940s]
    2. A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine. [from 1980s]

Synonyms

• (sandwich): see sub
• (rail transport): detonator (UK)
• (an explosive underwater projectile): torp (abbreviation), fish

Derived terms

• torpedo body
• torpedo roll
• torpedo stern
• land torpedo
• spar torpedo
• torp (abbreviation)

Related terms

• torpid

Translations

Verb

torpedo (third-person singular simple present torpedoes, present participle torpedoing, simple past and past participle torpedoed)

1. To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship.
2. To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes.
3. To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.

Translations

Anagrams

• optrode, pet door, toe drop, trooped

Cebuano

Etymology

From English torpedo, borrowed from Latin torp?d? (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpe? (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) +? -?d? (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tor?pe?do

Noun

torpedo

1. (military) a torpedo; a cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin torp?d? (“a torpedo fish”), from torp?d? (“numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpe? (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) and -d? (“noun suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”), see also Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek ??????? (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic ??????? (trupeti)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?r?pe?.do?/
• Hyphenation: tor?pe?do

Noun

torpedo f or m (plural torpedo's, diminutive torpedootje n)

1. A torpedo (projectile adapted for underwater use).
2. (dated) A low-lying streamlined car.

Derived terms

• torpedoboot

Related terms

• torpederen

Finnish

Alternative forms

• torpeedo (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?torpe(?)do/, [?t?o?rpe?(?)do?]
• Rhymes: -orpedo
• Syllabification: tor?pe?do

Noun

torpedo

1. torpedo (self-propelled cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater)

Declension

Derived terms

• torpedoida
• torpedovene

Italian

Noun

torpedo f (invariable)

1. tourer (motorcar)

See also

• torpedine

Anagrams

• deporto, deportò

Latin

Etymology

torpe? (“I am stiff or numb”) +? -?d?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tor?pe?.do?/, [t??r?pe?d?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tor?pe.do/, [t??r?p??d??]

Noun

torp?d? f (genitive torp?dinis); third declension

1. lethargy, inertness, sluggishness
2. torpedo fish

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• torpedo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• torpedo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• torpedo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo

Noun

torpedo m (definite singular torpedoen, indefinite plural torpedoer, definite plural torpedoene)

1. a torpedo

Derived terms

• torpedere

References

• “torpedo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin torpedo, via English torpedo or German Torpedo

Noun

torpedo m (definite singular torpedoen, indefinite plural torpedoar, definite plural torpedoane)

1. a torpedo

Derived terms

• torpedere

References

• “torpedo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin torp?d? (“a torpedo fish”), from torp?d? (“numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpe? (“I am stiff, numb, torpid; I am astounded; I am inactive”) and -d? (“noun suffix”). Compare torpor.

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /to?.?pe.do/

Noun

torpedo m (plural torpedos)

1. torpedo (submarine weapon)
2. (Brazil) SMS (a text message sent on a cell phone)

Related terms

• torpedagem, torpedear, torpedeamento, torpedeiro

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torp??do/
• Hyphenation: tor?pe?do

Noun

torpédo m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. torpedo

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin torp?d? (“a torpedo fish”).

Pronunciation

Noun

torpedo m (plural torpedos)

1. torpedo (fish)

   Synonyms: raya torpedo, raya negra, raya eléctrica

2. torpedo (weapon)

Derived terms

• lanzatorpedos
• cazatorpedos
• torpedear

Further reading

• “torpedo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.