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Meanings of harpoon in English

Russian
agm-84
Portuguese
rgm-84 harpoon
Spanish
rgm 84 harpoon
Catalan
agm-84 harpoon
Wikidata

1977 Anti-ship missile family by McDonnell Douglas.

        Related terms
        agm-84
        Russian
        гарпун
        Portuguese
        arpão
        Spanish
        arponero
        Catalan
        arpons
        Wikidata

        Long spear-like instrument used in fishing, whaling, sealing, and other marine hunting.

                Related terms
                гарпун
                Usage of harpoon in English
                1
                The forward harpoon assembly followed, trailing a red buoy on a line.
                The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
                2
                Dom heard the engines throttle down and the harpoon line creaked alarmingly.
                Anvil Gate
                3
                Yet, as relentless as I was, each time it skirted my harpoon.
                Assholes finish first
                4
                The harpoon only serves to make the boat fast to its prize.
                Swept Out to Sea / Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
                5
                You want to learn how to breathe with a harpoon through you?★★
                The Jennifer Morgue
                6
                All at once his arm shot forward and the harpoon was launched.
                Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
                7
                The concussion of the harpoon gun actually lifted me off the floor.
                Monster Hunter Vendetta
                8
                Springing into the bows, he stood, harpoon in hand, ready to strike.
                Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
                9
                One of the men sprang to his feet, and grasped a harpoon.
                The World of Waters, Or, A Peaceful Progress O'er the Unpathed S...
                10
                Ootah warded off the attacking bulls on all sides with his harpoon.
                The Eternal Maiden
                11
                These creatures rarely run amuck until the harpoon is thrust into them.
                Windjammers and Sea Tramps
                12
                Norrak grasped the light harpoon, and sent it whistling to its mark.
                Red Rooney: The Last of the Crew
                13
                Tough as his hide was, the harpoon would not be denied admission.
                Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigands of Greece
                14
                Brandished in its captain's hands, the Nautilus was simply a fearsome harpoon.
                Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
                15
                We stepped past the biggest harpoon gun that I had ever seen.
                Monster Hunter Vendetta
                16
                Ootah lifted his harpoon lance-thesky was momentarily flooded with light-hestruck.
                The Eternal Maiden
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