blowtorch
noun
blow·torch
ˈblō-ˌtȯrch 
: a small burner having a device to intensify combustion by means of a blast of air or oxygen, usually including a fuel tank pressurized by a hand pump, and used especially in plumbing
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Given that the sun is literally the brightest object in the entire sky, even a modest boost from binoculars or telescopes will turn this bright object into a blowtorch.
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
Soon Clapp is off to an Anatolian shipbreaking yard where ocean liners are haphazardly dismantled by blowtorch to reclaim their steel.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
He is suspected of trying to start fires in Woodland Hills, close to the Kenneth fire, after being found with a blowtorch, according to the Los Angeles Times.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Deadline reports that the Criminal Minds actor sprung into action on Thursday (Jan. 9), apprehending a suspect who was allegedly wielding a blowtorch in the Woodland Hills.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Phil Plait, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2025
Soon Clapp is off to an Anatolian shipbreaking yard where ocean liners are haphazardly dismantled by blowtorch to reclaim their steel.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
He is suspected of trying to start fires in Woodland Hills, close to the Kenneth fire, after being found with a blowtorch, according to the Los Angeles Times.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Deadline reports that the Criminal Minds actor sprung into action on Thursday (Jan. 9), apprehending a suspect who was allegedly wielding a blowtorch in the Woodland Hills.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Blowtorch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowtorch. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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blowtorch
noun
blow·torch
-ˌtȯrch
: a small burner whose flame is made hotter by a blast of air or oxygen
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