flamethrower
Example Sentences
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“Congress handed Chair Powell the flamethrower he aimed at the banking rules.”
From Washington Post
Yet Ms. Turner’s unexpectedly wide defeat on Tuesday marked more than the demise of a social-media flamethrower who had hurled one belittling insult too many.
From New York Times
As orchestral music swells in the background, Anderson picks up a flamethrower and incinerates the sign, yelling “Woooo!”
From Washington Post
Soldiers on Iwo Jima shoot flamethrowers into caves.
From New York Times
The Danger Room, the facility where the heroes train in the use of their powers, started out relatively low-tech: an obstacle course with battering rams and flamethrowers.
From New York Times
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