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On reaching the metal wires with which these vessels are nowadays honeycombed, this will excite an atmosphere of sparks which will at once explode the shells and torpedoes stored in their holds.Arrivant aux fils métalliques dont sont sillonnés aujourd'hui ces navires, elles provoqueront une atmosphère d'étincelles qui fera éclater aussitôt les obus et les torpilles accumulés dans leur flancs.Le Bon, Gustave / The evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave / L'évolution des forcesL'évolution des forcesLe Bon, Gustave© 1905, by Ernest Flammarion, ParisThe evolution of forcesLe Bon, Gustave© Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., London, 1908
"Look, they're sending torpedoes over there!" said Paradis, pointing.– Tenez, là-bas, i’s envoient des torpilles ! dit Paradis en désignant nos positions dominant sur la droite.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
And it was to be used, remember--used a week or two later, with great guns and swift torpedoes, suddenly in the darkness of a summer night.Or celui-ci devait, qu'on ne l'oublie pas, se transformer à l'improviste, huit ou quinze jours plus tard, dans les ténèbres d'une nuit d'été, en coups de canons et en torpilles véloces.Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf MarchesLes Trente-Neuf MarchesBuchan, JohnThirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John
From Panderma I started to cross to Thrace in a coasting steamer. And there an uncommon funny thing happened - I got torpedoed.De Panderma, je voulus gagner la Thrace par un caboteur, et c’est alors qu’il m’arriva une bizarre aventure: je fus torpillé.Buchan, John / GreenmantleBuchan, John / Le prophète au manteau vertLe prophète au manteau vertBuchan, JohnGreenmantleBuchan, John© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1994
Torpedoes go straight up, or very nearly so, like larks, fluttering and rustling; then they stop, hesitate, and come straight down again, heralding their fall in its last seconds by a "baby-cry" that we know well.Les torpilles montent tout droit, ou presque, comme des alouettes, en se trémoussant et froufroutant, puis s’arrêtent, hésitent et retombent droit en annonçant aux dernières secondes leur chute par un « cri d’enfant » qu’on reconnaît bien.Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
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torpedo
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | torpedoed |
Imperative | torpedo |
Present Participle (Participle I) | torpedoing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | torpedoed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I torpedo | we torpedo |
you torpedo | you torpedo |
he/she/it torpedoes | they torpedo |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am torpedoing | we are torpedoing |
you are torpedoing | you are torpedoing |
he/she/it is torpedoing | they are torpedoing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have torpedoed | we have torpedoed |
you have torpedoed | you have torpedoed |
he/she/it has torpedoed | they have torpedoed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been torpedoing | we have been torpedoing |
you have been torpedoing | you have been torpedoing |
he/she/it has been torpedoing | they have been torpedoing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I torpedoed | we torpedoed |
you torpedoed | you torpedoed |
he/she/it torpedoed | they torpedoed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was torpedoing | we were torpedoing |
you were torpedoing | you were torpedoing |
he/she/it was torpedoing | they were torpedoing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had torpedoed | we had torpedoed |
you had torpedoed | you had torpedoed |
he/she/it had torpedoed | they had torpedoed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been torpedoing | we had been torpedoing |
you had been torpedoing | you had been torpedoing |
he/she/it had been torpedoing | they had been torpedoing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will torpedo | we shall/will torpedo |
you will torpedo | you will torpedo |
he/she/it will torpedo | they will torpedo |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be torpedoing | we shall/will be torpedoing |
you will be torpedoing | you will be torpedoing |
he/she/it will be torpedoing | they will be torpedoing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have torpedoed | we shall/will have torpedoed |
you will have torpedoed | you will have torpedoed |
he/she/it will have torpedoed | they will have torpedoed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been torpedoing | we shall/will have been torpedoing |
you will have been torpedoing | you will have been torpedoing |
he/she/it will have been torpedoing | they will have been torpedoing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would torpedo | we should/would torpedo |
you would torpedo | you would torpedo |
he/she/it would torpedo | they would torpedo |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be torpedoing | we should/would be torpedoing |
you would be torpedoing | you would be torpedoing |
he/she/it would be torpedoing | they would be torpedoing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have torpedoed | we should/would have torpedoed |
you would have torpedoed | you would have torpedoed |
he/she/it would have torpedoed | they would have torpedoed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been torpedoing | we should/would have been torpedoing |
you would have been torpedoing | you would have been torpedoing |
he/she/it would have been torpedoing | they would have been torpedoing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am torpedoed | we are torpedoed |
you are torpedoed | you are torpedoed |
he/she/it is torpedoed | they are torpedoed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being torpedoed | we are being torpedoed |
you are being torpedoed | you are being torpedoed |
he/she/it is being torpedoed | they are being torpedoed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been torpedoed | we have been torpedoed |
you have been torpedoed | you have been torpedoed |
he/she/it has been torpedoed | they have been torpedoed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was torpedoed | we were torpedoed |
you were torpedoed | you were torpedoed |
he/she/it was torpedoed | they were torpedoed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being torpedoed | we were being torpedoed |
you were being torpedoed | you were being torpedoed |
he/she/it was being torpedoed | they were being torpedoed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been torpedoed | we had been torpedoed |
you had been torpedoed | you had been torpedoed |
he/she/it had been torpedoed | they had been torpedoed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be torpedoed | we shall/will be torpedoed |
you will be torpedoed | you will be torpedoed |
he/she/it will be torpedoed | they will be torpedoed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been torpedoed | we shall/will have been torpedoed |
you will have been torpedoed | you will have been torpedoed |
he/she/it will have been torpedoed | they will have been torpedoed |
torpedo
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | torpedo | torpedoes |
Possessive case | torpedo's | torpedoes' |