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blowtorch

[ bloh-tawrch ]

noun

  1. a small portable apparatus that gives an extremely hot gasoline flame intensified by a blast, used especially in metalworking.


verb (used with object)

  1. to weld, burn, or ignite with or as with a blowtorch.

blowtorch

/ ˈəʊˌɔːʃ /

noun

  1. a small burner that produces a very hot flame, used to remove old paint, melt soft metal, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of blowtorch1

First recorded in 1905–10; blow 2 + torch 1
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In one ad, Osborn held a blowtorch and said: “I’m where President Trump is on corruption, China, the border. If Trump needs help building the wall, well, I’m pretty handy.”

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One man was caught using a blowtorch to incinerate debris in West Hills as the Kenneth fire raged above him, police said.

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The goal was to “take on the elites … with a blowtorch.”

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Produced by the Daily Wire and fronted by conservative commentator Matt Walsh, the documentary takes a “Borat”-style comedic blowtorch to progressive ideas about systemic racism and diversity training programs.

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Trump “is going to hit the Department of Justice with a blowtorch — and that torch is Matt Gaetz,” former Trump aide Stephen K. Bannon said last week.

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