blowtorch
noun
a small portable apparatus that gives an extremely hot gasoline flame intensified by a blast, used especially in metalworking.
blowtorches
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pluralof blowtorch.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Firefighters were eventually forced to melt it down after fans attempted to thaw the sculpture with blowtorches and chip away at it with sledgehammers.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Employees told firefighters that work was being performed on the roof earlier that day and that roofers had been using blowtorches to melt down material, according to reporting from KTLA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Renaldo said workers were using blowtorches on the building’s exterior before the fire and that heat may have transferred through brick or mortar to the interior and ignited paper or other combustibles.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 1, 2023
A similar technique called flame-weeding, which involves outfitting tractors with blowtorches, is still a little too volatile for widespread adoption in the United States.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
He climbed a set of concrete steps to a higher floor where people worked on rebar with blowtorches.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
