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flame-thrower

British  

noun

  1. a weapon that ejects a stream or spray of burning fluid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Star Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki is also expected to sign with an MLB club in January, with the Dodgers seen as a likely landing spot for the 23-year-old flame-thrower.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2024

In 2015, the 5-foot-8 flame-thrower from Poway, Calif., carried her Huskies to unprecedented heights during her junior season — reaching the Final Four for the first time in program history.

From Seattle Times Jul. 9, 2021

Yordano Ventura became a star during last year’s postseason and was the team’s opening-day starter, but the flame-thrower struggled with his control and emotions and was briefly demoted to the minors this season.

From Washington Times Oct. 26, 2015

I imagine that a more scientifically plausible dragon wouldn’t be the slender, monitor lizard-like monstrosity we see in the latest Hobbit film and more like a flightless, bloated flame-thrower.

From Scientific American Jan. 2, 2014

Montag stood with the flame-thrower in his limp hands, great islands of perspiration drenching his armpits, his face smeared with soot.

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

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