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(Entry 1 of 2)
a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property
- several suspicious fires in the past few months have probably been set by the same torch
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of torch (Entry 2 of 2)
to set (something) on fire
- police suspect that the owner torched the house for the insurance money
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- douse
- (also dowse),
- extinguish,
- put out,
- quench,
- snuff (out)
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