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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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Just removing the massive steel segments that once sustained the towers will require blowtorches. Using a 150-ton crane, drills and blowtorches, an Israeli team was trying to free a woman named Rose trapped in a very difficult spot in the collapsed Ufundi Cooperative building adjacent to the embassy. Greenpeace couldn't have asked for a more dramatic French lesson than that taught to the group September 1 when French Navy commandos, wielding sledge-hammers and blowtorches, stormed and seized Rainbow Warrior II and MV Greenpeace, which were putting themselves in harm's way off Tahiti. |
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