enemy torpedo

collocation in English

meaningsofenemyandtorpedo

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enemy
noun
uk
/ˈen.ə.mi/us
/ˈen.ə.mi/
a person who hates or opposes another person and tries to harm them or stop them from ...
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torpedo
noun[C or U]
uk
/tɔːˈpiː.dəʊ/us
/tɔːrˈpiː.doʊ/
a long, thin bomb that travels underwater in order to destroy the ship at which it ...
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(Definition ofenemyandtorpedofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What will happen if our merchant ships are to be at the mercy of one smallenemytorpedoboat or cruiser?
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She exploded two floating mines and fired on anenemytorpedoplane which crashed shortly afterward.
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In the afternoon,enemytorpedoplanes broke through the screen and scored successfully on the carrier.
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Owing to the danger ofenemytorpedoattack, the cruisers kept their distance and fired at long range.
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Ten minutes later,enemytorpedobombers moved in to attack.
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The boats did well, returning with fourenemytorpedoboats which they had surprised and captured.
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He was wounded in combat in 1942 during battle withenemytorpedoboats.
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While on patrol on the 25th, she rescued survivors of after that minesweeper had been fatally hit by anenemytorpedo.
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As the first waves of boats moved toward the beaches,enemytorpedobombers attacked.
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During this period the ship was subjected to a heavyenemytorpedoplane attack and engaged at close quarters by a superior enemy force of surface ships.
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He thought in a martial art way to manoeuvre between these steel nettings and tried to think of techniques to avoid enemy torpedoes.
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Another shell struck her fantail and enemy torpedoes began to boil around the destroyers.
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Each raft carried grappling hooks intended to snag the mooring lines of enemy torpedoes.
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The stores ship began making emergency turns to evade the enemy torpedoes; but, at 15:57, one struck her on the starboard side about 50ft m from the stem.
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