blowtorch

[ bloh-tawrch ]

/ ˈbloʊˌtɔrtʃ /

a small portable apparatus that gives an extremely hot gasoline flame intensified by a blast, used especially in metalworking.

to weld, burn, or ignite with or as with a blowtorch.

Origin of blowtorch

First recorded in 1905–10; blow² + torch¹

blown-up, blowoff, blowout, blowpipe, blowsy, blowtorch, blowtube, blowup, blowy, bls, bls.

Inspired, they sent Trinquier's book, La guerre moderne (“Modern Warfare”), to CIA agent Robert “Blowtorch Bob” Komer.

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If you put a frying pan in water, you could put a blowtorch on the other side and it won't make any difference.

Japan Nuclear Fallout: How Bad Could It Get? |Josh Dzieza |March 12, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
We can play a blowtorch over Harper's suit and any poison will be burned away.

Planet of Dread |Murray Leinster
"I'll get a blowtorch," said one of the guards in the rear of the room.

The Sensitive Man |Poul William Anderson

Mostly things like hacksaws and an electric drill, and a circular scar where a blowtorch had been sitting.

Highways in Hiding |George Oliver Smith
"He's probably gone to find a blowtorch to shave with," Zircon rumbled.

The Caves of Fear |John Blaine
A lot of cable to fit, and no blowtorch, and you tell me we can manage!

Skyrider |B. M. Bower

blowtorch

/ (ˈbləʊˌtɔːtʃ) /

a small burner that produces a very hot flame, used to remove old paint, melt soft metal, etc