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torch 1. a small portable electric lamp powered by one or more dry batteries 2. any apparatus that burns with a hot flame for welding, brazing, or soldering torch [tȯrch] (building construction) To apply lime mortar under the top edges of roof tiles or slates. (engineering) A gas burner used for brazing, cutting, or welding. 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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| Now, whole suburbs of Paris have been put to the torch, with threats of further riots in Germany and Belgium. As many as 30 Serb Orthodox churches were put to the torch, 300 houses were demolished, dozens were killed, hundreds injured, and thousands left homeless as a result of a three-day orgy of ethnic violence. |
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