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brit:
1. A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampire's castle.
2. A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness.
3. An arsonist.
4. A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
1. To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick).
Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.