launch torpedo
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To send a torpedo on its way towards a target.
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- The submarine prepared to launch a torpedo at the enemy vessel.
- They had orders to launch torpedoes if the target entered their range.
- The captain hesitated before giving the command to launch the torpedo.
- In a desperate move, the damaged ship tried to launch its last torpedo.
- Modern submarines can launch multiple torpedoes simultaneously.
- The crew practiced drills to quickly launch torpedoes.
- Had they launched the torpedo earlier, the outcome might have been different.
- The enemy destroyer was too fast for them to successfully launch a torpedo.
- He watched as the submarine silently launched a torpedo.
- The system was designed to automatically launch torpedoes upon target acquisition.