blowtorch
a small portable apparatus that gives an extremely hot gasoline flame intensified by a blast, used especially in metalworking.
to weld, burn, or ignite with or as with a blowtorch.
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How to use blowtorch in a sentence
He has delivered a tragicomic moral blowtorch worthy of Swift.
Inspired, they sent Trinquier's book, La guerre moderne (“Modern Warfare”), to CIA agent Robert “blowtorch Bob” Komer.
French Torture Mastermind Paul Aussaresses Dies Peacefully at 95 | David Sessions | December 4, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you put a frying pan in water, you could put a blowtorch on the other side and it won't make any difference.
Mostly things like hacksaws and an electric drill, and a circular scar where a blowtorch had been sitting.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithHeat the cement with a blowtorch and apply it to the bruised parts.
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We can play a blowtorch over Harper's suit and any poison will be burned away.
Planet of Dread | Murray Leinster"He's probably gone to find a blowtorch to shave with," Zircon rumbled.
The Caves of Fear | John BlaineA lot of cable to fit, and no blowtorch, and you tell me we can manage!
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British Dictionary definitions for blowtorch
/ (ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ) /
a small burner that produces a very hot flame, used to remove old paint, melt soft metal, etc
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