revive vs torpedo

revive

verb
  • To return to life; to cause to recover life or strength; to cause to live anew, or to prevent from dying. 

  • To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression. 

  • To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension. 

  • To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken. 

  • To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state 

  • To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate; to make lively again. 

  • To return to life; to become reanimated or reinvigorated. 

  • To recover its natural or metallic state (e.g. a metal) 

torpedo

verb
  • To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack. 

  • To sink (a ship) with one or more torpedoes. 

  • To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes. 

noun
  • A similar projectile that can travel through space. 

  • A professional gunman or assassin. 

  • An electric ray of the genus Torpedo. 

  • A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object. 

  • A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it. 

  • A thick marijuana cigarette. 

  • A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine. 

  • A submarine sandwich. 

  • An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back. 

  • A woman's shoe with a pointed toe. 

  • A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon. 

  • A large breast; a breast with a large nipple. 

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