flamethrower

noun

flame·​throw·​er ˈflām-ˌthrō-ər 

1

: a device that expels from a nozzle a burning stream of liquid or semiliquid fuel under pressure

2

: a pitcher who throws hard : a fastball pitcher

Examples of flamethrower in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The people inside push the zombies back with exploding gasoline tanks, gunfire, and flamethrowers. —Eliana Dockterman, Time, 21 Apr. 2025

That couple of minutes with the flamethrower was actually tense for me! —ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025

But in season two, The Last of Us is proof that a zombie story can be even better and more devastating, more nuanced about its moral conundrums and more thoughtful about the aftermath, when no one’s firing up a flamethrower. —Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2025

Modern British cooking has cemented itself as a fully legible category, with lore and canon, elder gods and young flamethrowers. —Amiel Stanek, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for flamethrower

• whistleblower
• blower
• goer
• grower
• knower
• lower
• mower
• rower
• slower
• sower
• thrower