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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Stanley was behind the wheel of the vehicle, while Hairston used a blowtorch to torture the victim, according to court documents.
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Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
The fire broke out at a home in Milton, Massachusetts, after the man used a blowtorch to melt ice on his roof, Milton Fire Deputy Chief John Earner said.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Vanity Fair photographed him in his studio lighting a cigarette with a blowtorch.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), astronomers have tracked a 3,000 light-years-long cosmic blowtorch back to its source, the supermassive black hole M87*, which bears the distinction of being the first black hole imaged by humanity.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
The fire broke out at a home in Milton, Massachusetts, after the man used a blowtorch to melt ice on his roof, Milton Fire Deputy Chief John Earner said.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Vanity Fair photographed him in his studio lighting a cigarette with a blowtorch.
—Rachel Wetzler, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Using the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), astronomers have tracked a 3,000 light-years-long cosmic blowtorch back to its source, the supermassive black hole M87*, which bears the distinction of being the first black hole imaged by humanity.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Blowtorch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowtorch. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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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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