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plural blowtorches
A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame. examples
(US, military, slang) A jet fighter. quotations
When the firecan jockeys have flown their blowtorches some 100,000 miles, the doctors take over for the ground physical.
1949, Popular Science, volume 155, number 6, page 120
third-person singular simple present blowtorches, present participle blowtorching, simple past and past participle blowtorched
To apply a blowtorch to something. examples