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flamethrower
[ fleym-throh-er ]
noun
- a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
- Agriculture. flame cultivator.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flamethrower1
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Example Sentences
The sabermetric revolution that brought about a new way of deploying late-inning flamethrowers may have at least temporarily leveled off.
Now he runs a business mitigating local invasive plants without herbicides, using a jerry-rigged flamethrower and a self-designed tractor-mulcher he calls the “Forest Saver.”
For those of you unfamiliar, this is the magical equivalent of a flamethrower that also launches grenades filled with acid.
Commander Brock, having completed his duties in the aft flamethrower hut, also stormed the Mole.
Instead of water, the hoses could spit fire like a flamethrower.
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