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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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of flamethrower1
Example Sentences
The FBI called it a suspected terror attack and said the suspect had used a makeshift flamethrower, Molotov cocktails and other incendiary devices.
Another appeared to use a makeshift flamethrower to set the interior of a car ablaze.
Instead, that polarity motif is more thrillingly captured when Eve fends off a flamethrower with a fire hose.
Twelve people were injured in Colorado on Sunday when a man attacked a group gathering in support of Israeli hostages, throwing two incendiary devices and using a makeshift flamethrower.
Police say a man used a "makeshift flamethrower" in an antisemitic attack on Sunday that left eight people injured in Boulder, Colorado.
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