The word blowtorch can mean:-

• A cutting torch used for cutting metal.
  • Often used to mean any oxy-fuel welding and cutting torch.
• In USA usage, a blowlamp, a torch using propane or butane; its predecessors used gasoline or kerosene for fuel.
• One of the characters in the G.I. Joe universe. He is usually shown with a flamethrower.
• See blowpipe.

Slang uses:- a cutting torch is a device that focuses an intense flame causing high heat and used to cut metal. ... Oxy-fuel welding of metal is commonly called oxyacetylene welding since acetylene is the predominant choice for a fuel, or often simply gas welding. ... An old-fashioned kerosene blowlamp A blowlamp is a simple heating torch, which burns fuel with ambient atmospheric air. ... // The list covers every known character in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series to have received his/her own action figure. ... // Riverboat of the U.S. Brownwater Navy deploying an ignited napalm mixture from riverboat mounted flamethrower in Vietnam A flamethrower is a mechanical device designed to project a long, controllable stream of fire. ... Diagram of a bellow-operated blowpipe, circa 1827, from A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Blowpipe The Blowpipe is a narrow tube by means of which a stream or jet of air or a specific gas or gas mix can be directed onto a flame to concentrate or...

• A powerful radio station, especially a clear channel broadcaster.
• Weather enthusiasts often use "blowtorch" to refer to a period of much above normal temperatures during winter

The word "blowtorch" has strong appeal and is often misused in journalism and conversation. --What?! Clear channel stations are AM radio stations that are designated as such so that only one or two 50,000 watt powerhouses operate at night on each designated frequency, covering a wide area via sky wave propagation. ... Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. ...

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