| Definitions | noun
- A stick with a flame on one end used as a light source.
- The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire's castle.
- (context, UK, Australia) A portable source of electric light.
- Ernst slipped and dropped his on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness.
Translations: - Dutch: zaklamp
- French: lampe de poche
- German: Taschenlampe
- Italian: torcia
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verb (torch, es)
- To set fire to, especially using a torch (1) above.
- Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.
Translations: - French: incendier v
- German: anzí¼nden
- Italian: incendiare
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