"damn the torpedoes" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "From \"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!\", a famous order issued by Admiral David Farragut during the Battle of Mobile Bay, a paraphrase of the actual order, \"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed!\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "damns the torpedoes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damning the torpedoes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damned the torpedoes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damned the torpedoes",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "damn the torpedoes (third-person singular simple present damns the torpedoes, present participle damning the torpedoes, simple past and past participle damned the torpedoes)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1991 January 27, “Did Hollywood Sit on 'Fences'?”, in New York Times",
          "text": "There's too much attention paid to the wrong issues. Let's just damn the torpedoes and get it done.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to dismiss the risks of a dangerous action."
      ],
      "id": "en-damn_the_torpedoes-en-verb-~nfQeNt6",
      "links": [
        [
          "dismiss",
          "dismiss#English"
        ],
        [
          "dangerous",
          "dangerous#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, chiefly imperative) Used to dismiss the risks of a dangerous action."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "burn one's boats"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "imperative"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "quemar la santabárbara"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Battle of Mobile Bay",
        "David Farragut",
        "damn the torpedoes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-damn the torpedoes.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/En-au-damn_the_torpedoes.ogg/En-au-damn_the_torpedoes.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "damn the torpedoes"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From \"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!\", a famous order issued by Admiral David Farragut during the Battle of Mobile Bay, a paraphrase of the actual order, \"Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed!\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "damns the torpedoes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damning the torpedoes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damned the torpedoes",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "damned the torpedoes",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "damn the torpedoes (third-person singular simple present damns the torpedoes, present participle damning the torpedoes, simple past and past participle damned the torpedoes)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "burn one's boats"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1991 January 27, “Did Hollywood Sit on 'Fences'?”, in New York Times",
          "text": "There's too much attention paid to the wrong issues. Let's just damn the torpedoes and get it done.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to dismiss the risks of a dangerous action."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dismiss",
          "dismiss#English"
        ],
        [
          "dangerous",
          "dangerous#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, chiefly imperative) Used to dismiss the risks of a dangerous action."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "imperative"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Battle of Mobile Bay",
        "David Farragut",
        "damn the torpedoes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-damn the torpedoes.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4e/En-au-damn_the_torpedoes.ogg/En-au-damn_the_torpedoes.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/En-au-damn_the_torpedoes.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "quemar la santabárbara"
    }
  ],
  "word": "damn the torpedoes"
}