torpiller

tɔʁpije

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Definition of torpiller - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

militaire

TECH.

attaquer et détruire avec une torpille

TECH.

Le sous-marin a torpillé le navire ennemi.

contestationcontester et changer radicalement quelque chose

Ce député torpille la réforme proposée.

bouleverser

sabotagefaire échouer un projet de façon soudaine

Il a torpillé les négociations avec ses remarques.

faire échouer

saboter

tir ami

TECH.

tirer sur un membre de son propre camp

TECH.

Le soldat a torpillé son camarade par erreur.

médisance

Rare

critiquer et attaquer quelqu'un de manière sournoise

Rare

Elle torpille constamment ses collègues.

calomnier

dénigrer

médical

TECH.

appliquer un traitement médical par électrochocs

TECH.

Le médecin va torpiller ce patient.

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Origin of torpiller

français, torpille (torpille) + -er (suffixe verbal)

Examples of torpiller in a sentence

Ils ont tenté de torpiller le convoi adverse.
Ils ont tenté de torpiller le projet en réunion.
Son intervention a torpillé l'accord initial.
Un concurrent a tenté de torpiller notre lancement.
Elle a torpillé le projet en refusant de coopérer.
Il a accidentellement torpillé son supérieur lors de l’exercice.

Un soldat a été puni pour avoir torpillé un allié.
Il a torpillé la réputation de son rival en secret.
Ils torpillent le projet dès qu'ils en ont l'occasion.
On va torpiller le patient en salle d'urgence.
Ils ont décidé de torpiller plusieurs cas graves ce matin.

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English:torpedo, undermine, ...
German:torpedieren, untergraben, ...
Italian:silurare, boicottare, ...
Spanish:torpedear, boicotear, ...
Portuguese:torpedear, sabotar, ...
Chinese:用鱼雷攻击, 推翻, ...
Japanese:魚雷で攻撃する, 覆す, ...
Arabic:نسف, أفشل, ...
Hebrew:לְטַרְפֵּד, לְחַבֵּל, ...
Russian:торпедировать, саботировать, ...
Ukrainian:торпедувати, зірвати, ...
Catalan:torpedinar, sabotejar, ...
Danish:torpedere, sabotere, ...
Dutch:torpederen, vernielen, ...
Greek:βυθίζω με τορπίλη, καταστρέφω, ...
Khmer:បាញ់ត័រពីដូ, បំផ្លាញ, ...
Korean:어뢰로 공격하다, 좌초시키다, ...
Polish:torpedować, podważać, ...
Portuguese (BR):torpedear, minar, ...
Romanian:a torpila, a submina, ...
Swedish:torpedera, sabotera, ...
Thai:ยิงตอร์ปิโดใส่, ล้มล้าง, ...
Turkish:torpillemek, sabote etmek, ...
Vietnamese:phóng ngư lôi, phá hoại, ...

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