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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The staff had also prepared a build-your-own hot chocolate kit, complete with a blowtorch for toasting the pillowy marshmallows—proof the Karvellas sisters have thought of everything.
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Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
For example, approximately two-thirds of all socket wrenches, band saws, blowtorches, air compressors and grinders imported into the U.S. come from that island.
—Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
Potential Trump administration funding cuts at NASA would take a blowtorch to space science and American leadership in space, argues guest columnist Christopher Cokinos.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Jack Leiter looks more like a blowtorch and less like a flameout.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2025
For example, approximately two-thirds of all socket wrenches, band saws, blowtorches, air compressors and grinders imported into the U.S. come from that island.
—Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 4 Apr. 2025
Potential Trump administration funding cuts at NASA would take a blowtorch to space science and American leadership in space, argues guest columnist Christopher Cokinos.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Jack Leiter looks more like a blowtorch and less like a flameout.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Blowtorch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowtorch. Accessed 29 May. 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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