torpedere

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From torpedo + -ere

Verb

torpedere (imperative torpeder, present tense torpederer, passive torpederes, simple past torpederte, past participle torpedert, present participle torpederende)

  1. to torpedo (e.g. a ship; also figurative)
    • 2011, Sirkelens ende by Tom Egeland, H. Aschehoug & Co. →ISBN
      Hvis observasjonen er riktig, torpederer den naturlovenes mest absolutte grense - lysets hastighet.
      If the observation is correct, it torpedoes the laws of nature's most absolute limit - the speed of light.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From torpedo + -ere

Verb

torpedere (present tense torpederer, past tense torpederte, past participle torpedert, passive infinitive torpederast, present participle torpederande, imperative torpeder)

  1. to torpedo (e.g. a ship; also figurative)

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