blowtorch

[ bloh-tawrch ]

noun

1. a small portable apparatus that gives an extremely hot gasoline flame intensified by a blast, used especially in metalworking.

verb (used with object)

1. to weld, burn, or ignite with or as with a blowtorch.

blowtorch

/ ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ /

noun

1. a small burner that produces a very hot flame, used to remove old paint, melt soft metal, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of blowtorch¹

First recorded in 1905–10; blow ² + torch ¹

Example Sentences

This is most likely because many in SEO started taking a metaphorical blowtorch to their content instead of a scalpel.

From Search Engine Land

Firefighters from nearby towns had to chip away at the chocolate with shovels, and even resorted to burning it off with blowtorches.

From Popular-Science

In a gas stove, a powerful broiler resembles something more like a very handy flamethrower or blowtorch.

From Eater

He has delivered a tragicomic moral blowtorch worthy of Swift.

From The Daily Beast

Inspired, they sent Trinquier's book, La guerre moderne (“Modern Warfare”), to CIA agent Robert “Blowtorch Bob” Komer.

From The Daily Beast

If you put a frying pan in water, you could put a blowtorch on the other side and it won't make any difference.

From The Daily Beast

Mostly things like hacksaws and an electric drill, and a circular scar where a blowtorch had been sitting.

From Project Gutenberg

Heat the cement with a blowtorch and apply it to the bruised parts.

From Project Gutenberg

We can play a blowtorch over Harper's suit and any poison will be burned away.

From Project Gutenberg

"He's probably gone to find a blowtorch to shave with," Zircon rumbled.

From Project Gutenberg

A lot of cable to fit, and no blowtorch, and you tell me we can manage!

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