torching

verb

Definition of torchingnext
present participle of torch
as in burning
to set (something) on fire police suspect that the owner torched the house for the insurance money

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  1. burning
  2. scorching
  3. igniting
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  • The Franklin fire is burning within much of the footprint of 2018’s devastating Woolsey fire, which destroyed more than 1,600 structures and burned about 97,000 acres in Malibu, the Santa Monica Mountains and surrounding communities of Thousand Oaks, Oak Park and Agoura Hills.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The wildfire ignited Monday and has expanded at an alarming rate, burning more than 3,000 acres with 0% containment and destroying at least seven structures.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of burning
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  • Iran was, of course, never going to submit the dissident filmmaker’s scorching indictment of Iranian patriarchy to the Oscars.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The devastating blaze had reached 99% containment earlier this month after scorching 55,000 acres in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.
    Ben Poston, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of scorching
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  • In the culinary world, that spirit reveals itself in simple ingredients turning into delicious symphonies inclusive to this Eastern European land, igniting the nation’s residents, the Polish diaspora, and those keen to discover new, authentic tastes to unite over the Alexandra Foods dining table.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Beyond Somalia, this recognition is a slippery slope entailing a domino effect of separatist movements across the region igniting conflicts in pursuit of independence, leading to unimaginable chaos.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of igniting
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