Synonyms of the word numbfish


NUMBFISHCRAMPFISH - RAY - TORPEDO

numbfish

  • n. (zoology) An electric ray of the family Narcinidae, capable of delivering numbing shocks.

crampfish

  • n. The torpedo, or electric ray, whose touch gives an electric shock.

ray

  • n. A beam of light or radiation.
  • n. (zoology) A rib-like reinforcement of bone or cartilage in a fish's fin.
  • n. (zoology) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.
  • n. (botany) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, such as an…
  • n. (obsolete) Sight; perception; vision; from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded…
  • n. (mathematics) A line extending indefinitely in one direction from a point.
  • n. (colloquial) A tiny amount.
  • v. (transitive) To emit something as if in rays.
  • v. (intransitive) To radiate as if in rays.
  • n. A marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail.
  • v. (obsolete) To arrange.
  • v. (now rare) To dress, array (someone).
  • v. (obsolete) To stain or soil; to defile.
  • n. The letter ⟨/⟩, one of two which represent the r sound in Pitman shorthand.
  • n. (obsolete) Array; order; arrangement; dress.
  • n. (music) Alternative form of re.

torpedo

  • n. (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
  • n. A fish having wings that generate electric current, a kind of electric ray.
  • n. (regional) A submarine sandwich.
  • n. (archaic, military) A naval mine.
  • n. (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications,…
  • n. (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
  • n. (rail transport, US) a small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning…
  • n. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
  • n. An automobile with a torpedo body.
  • v. To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship.
  • v. To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes.
  • v. To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.

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