| 释义 |
put to the torch (or put a torch to)Destroy by burning: heretics were put to the torch...- Following the battle of Clonegal which was fought on July 29, 1650, the houses on both sides of the street were put to the torch and the homes of Moyacomb Meadow are the first houses to have been built there since.
- All of Kirribilli might, in passing, be put to the torch as enraged tree-worshippers marched on the council chambers.
- It went up in smoke when the Bounty was put to the torch.
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