homing torpedo

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   a torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines)

   Broadertorpedo

Questions about homing torpedo

What does homing torpedo mean?

homing torpedo means "a torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines)".

Is homing torpedo a common word?

homing torpedo is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.