How to pronounce“torch”in English
verbthat what is happening are you a gay what is happening and saying then my friend respond no you are gay and I said then after that they arrest us then they
torch us they put the our head inside the water so that when they are beating us we must not cry loud out is some people they must not
hear. Understand? Then my friend passed away cuz we just stayed close to 2
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Definitions of “torch”
A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.
“The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire’s castle.”
A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the hand, put into a wall bracket, or stuck into the ground, and used chiefly as a light source.
“Eleven days before the start of the [modern Olympic] Games, a flaming torch is ignited by the sun in Olympia at the ruins of the ancient Temple of Zeus. With that flame, relay runners lighted torches one from the other and carry it to the opening of the Games. Ever since 1936, the Summer Olympics has had its fire-font lit by a relay torch ignited at Olympia.”
To illuminate or provide (a place) with torches (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1).
To intentionally destroy (something) by setting it on fire, especially when committing arson in furtherance of some other criminal act (e.g. insurance fraud or the destruction of evidence).
“Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.”
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