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blowtorch a small burner that produces a very hot flame, used to remove old paint, melt soft metal, etc blowtorch [′blō‚tȯrch] (engineering) A small, portable blast burner which operates either by having air or oxygen and gaseous fuel delivered through tubes or by having a fuel tank which is pressured by a hand pump. Also known as blast lamp; blowpipe. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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. 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. amp;ldquo;The fire was like a big blowtorch,” Holen recalls. |
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