butane
noun
bu·tane ˈbyü-ˌtān 
: either of two isomeric flammable gaseous alkanes C4H10 obtained usually from petroleum or natural gas and used as fuels
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web And tweezers come in handy, but better still is to avoid the spikes altogether by using a butane torch or gas burner with a low flame to burn off the tiny needles. 
Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 Officers on the emergency negotiations team tried to diffuse the situation, but the man armed himself with a butane torch and threatened to light the house on fire or blow it up, Atenza said. David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022 Local and federal law enforcement found a can of butane and damaged electronics in the apartment where the assailant in the Greenwood Park Mall Shooting lived, according to a news conference Monday. Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2022 The company's Mariner East 1, Mariner East 2 and Mariner East 2X pipelines carry propane, ethane and butane from the Marcellus and Utica shale gas fields to a refinery processing center and export terminal in Marcus Hook, a suburb of Philadelphia. Michael Rubinkam, ajc, 5 Aug. 2022 The Los Angeles Police Commission ruled Tuesday that two LAPD officers were justified in fatally shooting a 48-year-old man holding a butane lighter and a small knife on a busy stretch of Hollywood Boulevard last summer. Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022 Blake Angerer, 30, died after a man poured gasoline over him and set him on fire with a blue butane torch on July 3. Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2022 In a search of the gunman's apartment, law enforcement found the oven on high temperature with a laptop and a can of butane inside. Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022 Investigators searching the apartment found an oven set to a high temperature with both a laptop inside it and a can of butane, according to a Monday news conference. John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2022 See More
Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 Officers on the emergency negotiations team tried to diffuse the situation, but the man armed himself with a butane torch and threatened to light the house on fire or blow it up, Atenza said. David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Aug. 2022 Local and federal law enforcement found a can of butane and damaged electronics in the apartment where the assailant in the Greenwood Park Mall Shooting lived, according to a news conference Monday. Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2022 The company's Mariner East 1, Mariner East 2 and Mariner East 2X pipelines carry propane, ethane and butane from the Marcellus and Utica shale gas fields to a refinery processing center and export terminal in Marcus Hook, a suburb of Philadelphia. Michael Rubinkam, ajc, 5 Aug. 2022 The Los Angeles Police Commission ruled Tuesday that two LAPD officers were justified in fatally shooting a 48-year-old man holding a butane lighter and a small knife on a busy stretch of Hollywood Boulevard last summer. Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022 Blake Angerer, 30, died after a man poured gasoline over him and set him on fire with a blue butane torch on July 3. Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2022 In a search of the gunman's apartment, law enforcement found the oven on high temperature with a laptop and a can of butane inside. Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 19 July 2022 Investigators searching the apartment found an oven set to a high temperature with both a laptop inside it and a can of butane, according to a Monday news conference. John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 18 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary butyric + -ane
First Known Use
1872, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
butane
noun
bu·tane ˈbyü-ˌtān
: either of two isomeric flammable gaseous alkanes C4H10 obtained usually from petroleum or natural gas and used as fuels