torches

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noun

A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.“The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire's castle.”
A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.“Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness.”
An arsonist.
A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.

verb

To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).“Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.”

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Synonyms

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Rhymes

porches blowtorches porch is scorch his scorch is torch his torch is

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