flamethrower

Example Sentences

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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

He was followed by flamethrower Edgardo Henriquez, who walked the first two hitters and gave up a hit to the third, forcing in two runs.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 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