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- noun Plural form of
flamethrower .
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Examples
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Johnson and Schilling certainly are blessed, having the ability to throw 98 mph in the ninth inning, but to call these guys simply flamethrowers is like saying Picasso was a house painter.
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Packs on the ramparts had fired some kind of flamethrowers into the pools of oil below the castle walls.
A Fire Upon the Deep Vinge, Vernor 1992
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Faster and more powerful guns as well as completely new dangers such as flamethrowers and combat aircraft had caused the tools of war to evolve faster than the tactics military leaders had long employed.
The Trades Jeff Ritter 2010
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Weaponry varies from the deadly, such as flamethrowers and bombs, to the hilarious - including anvils from above and chainsaws, while scraps from fallen foes provide a variety of upgrades.
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Weaponry varies from the deadly, such as flamethrowers and bombs, to the hilarious - including anvils from above and chainsaws, while scraps from fallen foes provide a variety of upgrades.
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Weaponry varies from the deadly, such as flamethrowers and bombs, to the hilarious - including anvils from above and chainsaws, while scraps from fallen foes provide a variety of upgrades.
IGN Wii 2009
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I like the idea of flamethrowers, "the smith said, his eyes gleaming in his expressionless face.
DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968
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They went on to open two restaurants and a coffee shop, all the while continuing with the one-time-only theme dinners, such as the oyster supper served in an industrial glass-blowing studio and the tapas dinner involving flamethrowers and belly dancers.
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Producing lights-out efforts throughout the playoffs, the two flamethrowers faced nineteen batters and allowed just two hits.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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Certainly everybody thinks flamethrowers are cool.
Brad Balfour: Exclusive Q&A: Filmmaker Breathes Fire into Ultra-Indie Bellflower Brad Balfour 2011
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