flame-thrower
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
He has been a consistent flame-thrower, critics and supporters agree.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2018
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
It stood near the smoking ruins of Montag's house and the men brought his discarded flame-thrower to it and put it down under the muzzle of the Hound.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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