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flamethrower

[fleym-throh-er] / ˈfleɪmˌθroʊ ər /


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"At that time, I was behaving a little bit like this flamethrower," she explained.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

South Korean police said they would seek an arrest warrant for a woman who set fire to her apartment building while trying to kill a cockroach with an improvised flamethrower, local media report.

From BBC Oct. 20, 2025

For a closer, they turned to Roki Sasaki, the Japanese rookie flamethrower who has been a reliever for all of 10 days.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 5, 2025

But while those people are spared — for now — this fits with a bigger picture of Musk taking a flamethrower to an unfathomable amount of medical research and prevention work, both here and abroad.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2025

Scythe Goddard decided it was a day for samurai swords, although Chomsky refused to part with his flamethrower.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Nobody knows for sure just how hard legendary flamethrowers like Walter Johnson, Bob Feller or Nolan Ryan truly threw.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Dozens of stores selling fireworks resembling flamethrowers and packaged in garish boxes saw little foot traffic on a weekday morning.

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

The film contains more than 1,000 digital fire FX shots, ranging from flaming arrows and flamethrowers to massive explosions and fire tornadoes.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2025

Jaeger is an adventurous fellow who is fond of flamethrowers and scorns Searcher whose preferred tool is a hoe.

From Seattle Times Nov. 22, 2022

Nail files, hedge trimmers, and homemade flamethrowers were more his speed.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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