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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Potential Trump administration funding cuts at NASA would take a blowtorch to space science and American leadership in space, argues guest columnist Christopher Cokinos.
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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
Before Thomas lit a birdie blowtorch, a pair of rising stars solidified their place on top of the leaderboard heading into the weekend.
—Justin Ray, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
Quack Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a strange way to Make America Healthy Again by taking a blowtorch to the department, cutting some 20,000 full-time jobs across multiple agencies and firing thousands of probationary employees.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
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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
Before Thomas lit a birdie blowtorch, a pair of rising stars solidified their place on top of the leaderboard heading into the weekend.
—Justin Ray, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
Quack Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a strange way to Make America Healthy Again by taking a blowtorch to the department, cutting some 20,000 full-time jobs across multiple agencies and firing thousands of probationary employees.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Blowtorch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowtorch. Accessed 6 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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