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- noun Plural form of
blowtorch . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
blowtorch .
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Examples
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We're looking at live pictures where firefighters are battling two blazes being described as blowtorches -- it's kind of dark there.
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We're looking at live pictures where firefighters are battling two blazes being described as blowtorches -- it's kind of dark there.
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By making the argument that offshore drilling is a proper response to a spike in gasoline prices they demonstrate the same consistent logic that would have us take blowtorches to our faces to deal with outbreaks of acne.
David Helvarg: Oil, Terror, Tuna and You David Helvarg 2011
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• May 2003, Iyman Faris: American citizen charged with plotting to use blowtorches to collapse the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Cross-genre blowtorches with bad guys and worse guys.
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By making the argument that offshore drilling is a proper response to a spike in gasoline prices they demonstrate the same consistent logic that would have us take blowtorches to our faces to deal with outbreaks of acne.
David Helvarg: Oil, Terror, Tuna and You David Helvarg 2011
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Cross-genre blowtorches with bad guys and worse guys.
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If you've paid a visit to the mostly monochromatic Yves Klein exhibition at the Hirshhorn, you may be interested in learning more about the intriguing man who used blowtorches and naked models covered in paint to ornament his canvases.
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They keep tools along the wall and on the counter, everything from blowtorches to belt sanders to spray paint.
Fiddling With Their Sticks Joshua Robinson 2010
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What it's used for: Joining pieces of spacecraft with friction instead of blowtorches.
Wired Top Stories 2009
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