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blowtorch

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blow·torch  (bltôrch)
n.
A portable burner for mixing gas and oxygen to produce a very hot flame, used for soldering, welding, and glass blowing.
blowtorch or blowlamp
Noun
a small burner that produces a very hot flame, used to remove old paint, soften metal, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.blowtorchblowtorch - a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
blowlamp, torch
burner - an apparatus for burning fuel (or refuse); "a diesel engine is an oil burner"
oxyacetylene torch - a blowtorch that burns oxyacetylene
Translations
blowtorch [ˈbləutɔːtʃ] n → chalumeau m
blowtorch [ˈbləutɔːtʃ] n → lampada a benzina per saldare
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As city controller, she put a blowtorch on the Department of Water and Power, which spent millions of ratepayer funds on really dumb stuff, such as the public-relations contract with Fleishman-Hillard.
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Police issued a warrant for Hargreaves arrest, claiming the firearms were unsafely stored and improperly imported," even though he had a permit to purchase each one (including his submachine guns), regularly used the guns to train police officers, and stored the guns in a 1,700-pound safe that took the thieves two days to break into using sledgehammers and a blowtorch.
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