TORCH Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

torch 1 of 2

noun

ˈtȯrch

as in igniter

a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property several suspicious fires in the past few months have probably been set by the same torch

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verb

as in to burn

to set (something) on fire police suspect that the owner torched the house for the insurance money

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Recent Examples of torch

Noun

But amid the chaparral, grasses, and trees, the preferred tools are shovels, axes, drip torches, and bulldozers. —

Umair Irfan, Vox, 15 Jan. 2025 The arrest comes after actor Brian J. White and several of his Woodland Hills neighbors apprehended an arson suspect who was carrying a blow torch near the Kenneth Fire. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2025

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On Thursday afternoon in West Hills, a fast-moving inferno now known as the Kenneth fire, torched more than 960 acres in just a few hours. —

Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025 Authorities also confirmed that the Palisades Fire, Eaton Fire, Kenneth Fire, Hurst Fire and Lidia Fire torched more than 27,000 acres across the Los Angeles area. —

Chantz Martin, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for torch

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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.

— Carole Horst, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.

— Neeti Mehra, Treehugger, 13 Sep. 2023