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Thwart vs Torpedo - What's the difference?

thwart | torpedo |

As nouns the difference between thwart and torpedo

is that thwart is (nautical) a brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail while torpedo is torpedo (underwater weapon).

As a verb thwart

is to prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.

As an adjective thwart

is situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.

As an adverb thwart

is obliquely; transversely; athwart.

thwart

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.
  • * South
    • The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other.
  • * , chapter=22
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=(Edwin Black), title=Internal Combustion
    • , chapter=2 citation , passage=More than a mere source of Promethean sustenance to thwart the cold and cook one's meat, wood was quite simply mankind's first industrial and manufacturing fuel.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 10, author=David Ornstein, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Arsenal 1-0 Everton , passage=Everton were now firmly on the back foot and it required some sharp work from Johnny Heitinga and Phil Jagielka to thwart Walcott and Thomas Vermaelen.}}
  • (obsolete) To move across or counter to; to cross.
  • * (John Milton) (1608-1674)
    • Swift as a shooting star / In autumn thwarts the night.

    Synonyms

    * See also * foil, frustrate, impede, spoil

    Derived terms

    * athwart * athwartships * thwarter * thwartsome

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
    • A well made doughout canoe rarely needs a thwart .
  • (nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
    • The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row.

    Related terms

    * beam

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
  • * Milton
    • Moved contrary with thwart obliquities.
  • (figurative) Perverse; crossgrained.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Obliquely; transversely; athwart.
    • (Milton)

    References

    torpedo

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
  • A fish having wings that generate , a kind of electric ray.
  • (regional) A submarine sandwich.
  • (archaic, military) A naval mine.
  • (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications, troops, or cavalry; a land torpedo
  • (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
  • (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
  • A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.

    • Synonyms

    * (rail transport) detonator (UK)

    Derived terms

    * torpedo roll * land torpedo * spar torpedo

    Verb

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

    • Anagrams

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