torch
Example Sentences
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There’s “torch,” at the high end of high intensity, when flames rise into the forest crown and incinerate everything.
From Los Angeles Times
The university said it would use the funding "to develop a plasma torch system, simulating the extreme thermal conditions spacecraft face during re-entry, as well as a sustainable water-based propulsion system for satellites".
From BBC
He took his cockerpoo Gulliver for a walk in a paddock that was part of the stables, and because it was dark was using a torch.
From BBC
They had lit torches outside and the light came through cracks in the door.
From Literature
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A witty theater owner would match the mood by selling torches and pitchforks at the concession stand.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.