Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who gives or provides a bright light, as if bearing a torch.
- noun Specifically, one who torches for fish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
torches something - noun obsolete One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
- noun music A
torch song
Etymologies
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Examples
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Protein is a powerful fat torcher—for six reasons: 1. Digesting protein takes more energy calories than digesting carbs or fat does; thus, your body burns a few extra calories after eating protein.
The 17 Day Diet Dr. Mike Moreno 2010
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McCain stood up Vietnamese thugs and their torcher for 6 yrs, but he can't stand up to Barack Obama.
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I love the twistedprincess pictures, they give me a laugh, and I can torcher my younger sister with Areial.
Disney Zombies 2009
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Have you witnessed any evidence of Hamas continuing to jail or physically punish, torcher, or murder anyone it deems a member of Fatah, or anyone they deem a “collaborator” or “infidel,” or have you seen or heard any related quote of such a policy from a Hamas official or militant?
Reader Q & A With Our Gaza Correspondent, Taghreed El-Khodary - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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OK ai as NO ideeyuh wut u guyz is tawkin abowt, but ai is bery glad ai did nawt gro up in the Ewe Ess if dat is teh sorta ting u torcher ur kids wiv!
devil skwerl - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Frank fans haven't lived until they've heard the Basie-ized version of the great torcher "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning."
Tony Sachs: Frank Sinatra: Ten Years After His Death, The Best Is Yet To Come 2008
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Our able information minister Ms Sheri Rehman most often claims freedom of press in Pakistan as her primary objective, Associated Press of Pakistan as government organization right under her cute nose is inflicting torcher and economic persecution of journalists working as correspondents for APP, she is the ultimate boss of APP during her tenure as minister information, I wonder whether she will probe into this affair.
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Interestingly Associated Press of Pakistan is the only organization which issues warning letters to its low paid and highly qualified correspondents in case of better performance on their behalf, the type of economic persecution and mental torcher in shape of warning letters which Associated Press of Pakistan management inflict on its correspondents is cognizable offence, and is tantamount to conspiracy against the educated few.
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Really, the WH has been fighting the torcher ban for how many months now?
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Hayduke joins forces with...feminist saboteur and Bronx exile Bonnie Abzug, wilderness guide and outcast Mormon Seldom Seen Smith, and libertarian billboard torcher Doc Sarvis, M.D.
Filmstalker: Stalked: Monkey Wrench Gang and Arthur Ashe 2007
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