The general ordered the firing of torpedoes againts the pirates' ship.    From LearnThat.org. 

Verb (used with object) : He torpedoed our plans.    From Dictionary.com. 

And he invented a submarine, and he invented what he called torpedoes, which were, in fact, land mines.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fire of His Genius: Robert Fulton and the American Dream] Reference

It was sunk by torpedoes from a German U-boat on July 17.    From Wordnik.com.  [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference

Lusitania also met the ocean floor thanks to torpedoes from a German U-boat.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

It was sunk by torpedoes from a German U-boat on July 17, 1918, off the coast of Ireland.    From Wordnik.com.  [JSOnline.com] Reference

After making its delivery, the ship was struck by torpedoes from a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945.    From Wordnik.com.  [IndyStar.com Top Stories] Reference

Onew of the torpedoes was a direct hit and struck the U.S.S. Liberty and killed 24 more American soldiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead] Reference

Not long later, the first of some 1400 of these "torpedoes" (the V2) began to rain down on London.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

These "torpedoes" are available legally in states that allow firework sales such as Louisiana and Wisconsin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: August 13, 2006 - August 19, 2006 Archives] Reference

7, 1915, with a calm sea and no wind, she was hit by one or more torpedoes from a German submarine without warning.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes] Reference

A patent fusee or cartridge, for mines and torpedoes, which is so ingenious that we must give it particular notice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Experiments with the American Torpedo-Shells at Chatham] Reference

Send recall torpedoes instantly to every outlying vessel! ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Skylark Three] Reference

Explosions, such as torpedoes, will no longer repeat themselves endlessly.    From Wordnik.com.  [QJ.NET] Reference

They're called torpedoes, USE THEM!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference

(Naval mines in those days were called torpedoes.).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Battle Over Ousting Saddam] Reference

Now they think they've found one, complete with torpedoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inside The Fcc's Billion-Dollar Boo-Boo] Reference

The Japanese destroyers were turning to launch their torpedoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead In the Water] Reference

May 27 -- German submarine torpedoes and sinks British battleship.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference

Ireland, by either one or two torpedoes discharged without warning by.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference

June 2 -- British submarine torpedoes a large German transport in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference

One of the torpedoes blew off the bow of an enemy cruiser, the Kumano.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead In the Water] Reference

We had fifty torpedoes aboard when the I.F.F. detector shrilled alarm.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Question of Courage] Reference

Our launchers flamed as we sent a salvo of torpedoes whistling toward the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Question of Courage] Reference

But he was determined not to go down until he had fired off his torpedoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead In the Water] Reference

Freddie's torpedoes still held out, and Flossie had a few more "snakes" left.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bobbsey Twins in the Country] Reference

"Well it turns out they had torpedoes with nuclear warheads aimed at our ships.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A True Movie Moment] Reference

The "little" torpedoes carry warheads of perhaps 800 to 1,000 pounds of high explosive.    From Wordnik.com.  [On A Sub, There's No Room For Mistakes] Reference

We got off about twenty Mark VII torpedoes before Chase passed the word to change over.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Question of Courage] Reference

And even in the most rose-colored view of the right torpedoes the budget in the near term.    From Wordnik.com.  [William Bradley: Harsh Realm: The Meg Whitman Program for Future California] Reference

For ten long minutes the Johnston fish-tailed until Evans finally ordered, "Fire torpedoes.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead In the Water] Reference

"Well, it turns out they had torpedoes with nuclear warheads aimed at our ships -- including the USS Joseph P. Kennedy.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Periscope] Reference

Harpoon antiship missiles for distances torpedoes cannot travel -- far over the horizon -- and Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wonders In The Deep] Reference