torch
Dictionary
noun
- A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
"The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire's castle."
- A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
"Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness."
- An arsonist.
- A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
verb
- To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).
"Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street."
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