blowtorch
noun
blow·torch ˈblō-ˌtȯrch 
: a small burner having a device to intensify combustion by means of a blast of air or oxygen, usually including a fuel tank pressurized by a hand pump, and used especially in plumbing
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Northern California will be affected, as well, the atmospheric blowtorch coming as fires torch the Golden State, including the swiftly moving Oak Fire, whose explosive growth has triggered numerous evacuations and a state of emergency. 
Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 25 July 2022 Bluefish that’s quickly cured and seared with a blowtorch, then served with a fruit and basil salad, cauliflower purée and a buttermilk whey and asparagus sauce. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2022 Today's blowtorch forecast, lots of triple digit highs. CBS News, 24 July 2022 The focus is raw fish, though there is the occasional flame smooch of a blowtorch. Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2022 State Attorney General Eric Schmitt is up with a new TV ad ahead of next month’s Senate GOP primary, featuring Schmitt wielding a blowtorch. Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 5 July 2022 Even then some aren’t dead before they are boiled, butchered or roasted with a blowtorch. Liza Lentini, SPIN, 16 June 2022 Earlier in the morning, a man ran in the middle of the street after another man chased him with a small blowtorch, while around the corner paramedics were responding to an apartment. Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 As the victim lay on the floor, unable to move due to her injuries, the man lit a blowtorch and held the flame close to her leg. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 June 2022 See More
Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 25 July 2022 Bluefish that’s quickly cured and seared with a blowtorch, then served with a fruit and basil salad, cauliflower purée and a buttermilk whey and asparagus sauce. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2022 Today's blowtorch forecast, lots of triple digit highs. CBS News, 24 July 2022 The focus is raw fish, though there is the occasional flame smooch of a blowtorch. Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 July 2022 State Attorney General Eric Schmitt is up with a new TV ad ahead of next month’s Senate GOP primary, featuring Schmitt wielding a blowtorch. Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 5 July 2022 Even then some aren’t dead before they are boiled, butchered or roasted with a blowtorch. Liza Lentini, SPIN, 16 June 2022 Earlier in the morning, a man ran in the middle of the street after another man chased him with a small blowtorch, while around the corner paramedics were responding to an apartment. Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022 As the victim lay on the floor, unable to move due to her injuries, the man lit a blowtorch and held the flame close to her leg. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
blowtorch
noun
blow·torch ˈblō-ˌtȯrch
: a small portable burner in which the flame is made hotter by a blast of air or oxygen