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Torches

A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.

📖 Definitions of "Torches"

noun

1
A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
"The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire's castle."
2
A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
"Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness."
3
An arsonist.
4
A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.

verb

1
To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).
"Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street."

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