torpedo (n.)
- apache
- assassin
- assassinator
- barrage
- bird
- blast
- blitz
- bola
- bolt
- bombard
- boomerang
- bravo
- brickbat
- bruiser
- butcher
- cannibal
- cannon
- cannonade
- charge
- cock
- cook
- cutthroat
- defeat
- desperado
- discharge
- dish
- drop
- eject
- enfilade
- eradicator
- executioner
- exterminator
- fell
- fire
- fix
- fusillade
- garroter
- goon
- gorilla
- gun
- gunman
- gunslinger
- hellion
- hit
- homicide
- hood
- hoodlum
- hooligan
- killer
- load
- man-eater
- manslayer
- matador
- missile
- mortar
- mug
- mugger
- murderer
- payload
- pelt
- pepper
- pesticide
- pistol
- plug
- plug-ugly
- poison
- poisoner
- pot
- potshot
- prime
- projectile
- rake
- riddle
- rock
- rocket
- roughneck
- scuttle
- settle
- shell
- shoot
- sink
- slaughterer
- slayer
- snipe
- stone
- strafe
- strangler
- strike
- terror
- thug
- tough
- undo
- waddy
- warhead
torpedo (v.)
- barrage
- bird
- blast
- blitz
- bolt
- bombard
- boomerang
- bravo
- butcher
- cannon
- cannonade
- charge
- cock
- cook
- defeat
- detonate
- discharge
- dish
- drop
- eject
- enfilade
- fell
- fire
- fix
- fusillade
- goon
- gun
- hit
- hood
- load
- mortar
- mug
- mugger
- pelt
- pepper
- plug
- poison
- pot
- prime
- rake
- riddle
- rock
- rocket
- scuttle
- settle
- shell
- shoot
- sink
- snipe
- stone
- strafe
- strike
- undo
Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner does he take a pen in his hand than it becomes a torpedo to him, and benumbs all his faculties.
