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torch
  1. 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.
  2. (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
  3. (slang, US) An arsonist.
  4. Short form for blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “His attention turned to the gate, he looked it up and down with an eager eye then turned on his torch to examine more closely.”
      “Arthur Morgan explored the cavern with a torch as he hunted for the legendary white cougar.”
      “A blaze set by a torch igniting oil residue inside a ship will burn until Alang's sole fire truck arrives to put it out.”
torchman
  1. Someone who carries a torch.
  2. (slang) A cutting-torch wielder, a possible member of a safe-cracking team.
  3. (slang) An arsonist who specifically ignites fires.
  4. (forestry) A member of a firefighting team who ignites back fires.
torchlight
  1. The dim light produced by a burning torch.
  2. The light produced by a flashlight.
  3. (India) A torch or flashlight.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “His brown shoulder length hair was thinning at the scalp and his skin seemed pale and sickly in garish torchlight.”
      “A dark chamber with a large oaken door at one end looks all the more malevolent in the flickering torchlight.”
      “A tiny silver crescent moon hung from the chain, glinting in the torchlight streaming in from the open door.”
torcher
  1. One who torches something
  2. (obsolete) One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
  3. (music) A torch song
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torchbearer
  1. A person who carries a torch (flaming brand).
  2. (by extension) The leader of a campaign, or one who gives inspiration to others.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “In the earliest days of women's bodybuilding, a diminutive Virginian became the torchbearer for smaller competitors.”
      “The media as a torchbearer of the nation should be devoid of negative tribalism and sectionalism.”
      “Last night in Reading, the powerful cruiserweight demonstrated to all just why many consider him to be the torchbearer for the future of British boxing.”
torchwood
  1. (uncountable) Wood used to make torches, especially
    1. A tree of the genus Amyris.
    2. A type of cactus, Cactus heptagonus.
  2. Wood exhibiting fungal bioluminescence, foxfire.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Incense and aromatic oils are derived from torchwood, and extracts from the Mexican A. plumieri are used in lacquers.”
      “Still, torchwood is always about changing or dying, it seems.”
      “In contrast to Doctor Who, whose target audience includes both adults and children, Torchwood is aimed at an older audience.”
torchmaking
  1. (Sussex) The communal work carried out by bonfire society members in September, October and early November to prepare for Bonfire Night, especially by making torches.
torchier
  1. Alternative form of torchiere
torching
torchbearers
  1. plural of torchbearer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “If necessary the number may be reduced to only two torchbearers and thurifer, or even just the thurifer alone.”
      “Acolytes serve at the altar as sub deacons and servers, crucifers, thurifers, torchbearers and lectors.”
      “Artists, who are open to the world around them, including other cultures, can be considered the ideal torchbearers of culture.”
torchlights
  1. plural of torchlight
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A triumph like a torchlight procession, with torchlights that might have been firebrands.”
torchwoods
  1. plural of torchwood
torchmen
  1. plural of torchman
torchings
  1. plural of torching
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “His attempt to find the real arsonist leads him to wonder if one of his newly alcoholic parents could have committed the torchings.”
torchiers
  1. plural of torchier
torchers
torches
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