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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Police arrived minutes later and ultimately found two angle grinders, a blowtorch, gasoline, gloves, a walkie-talkie, a blanket, and the crown at the scene.
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Mason Leath, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
At the site, investigators found a screwdriver, saws, the blowtorch and three gas canisters used to power the blowtorch, according to the prosecutor’s office.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Discarded by the truck were two grinders, a blowtorch, gasoline, gloves, a walkie-talkie, and a blanket.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Is lighting your fire with a blowtorch overkill?
—Graham Averill, Outside, 11 Oct. 2025
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Mason Leath, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
At the site, investigators found a screwdriver, saws, the blowtorch and three gas canisters used to power the blowtorch, according to the prosecutor’s office.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Discarded by the truck were two grinders, a blowtorch, gasoline, gloves, a walkie-talkie, and a blanket.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
Is lighting your fire with a blowtorch overkill?
—Graham Averill, Outside, 11 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blowtorch
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“Blowtorch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowtorch. Accessed 29 Oct. 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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