torches (Meaning)
torches
something that guides or gives light or heat like a torch, any of various portable devices for emitting an unusually hot flame compare blowtorch, a flaming light made of something that burns brightly and usually is carried in the hand, any of various portable devices for producing a hot flame compare blowtorch, flashlight, something (such as tradition, wisdom, or knowledge) likened to a torch as giving light or guidance, a burning stick of resinous wood or twist of tow used to give light and usually carried in the hand, flashlight sense 1, incendiary sense 2b, to set fire to with or as if with a torch, a group of pathological agents that cause similar symptoms in newborns and that include especially a toxoplasma (Toxoplasma gonii), cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, and the togavirus causing German measles
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torches Sentence Examples
- The villagers carried blazing torches to illuminate their path through the eerie forest.
- The protesters brandished torches as a symbol of their anger and defiance.
- The miners used torches to guide their way through the dark and treacherous mine shafts.
- The campfire crackled and cast flickering shadows from the burning torches.
- The archeologists held torches high to explore the ancient tomb's hidden chambers.
- The firefighters battled the raging wildfire with water hoses and torches.
- The torchlight procession illuminated the streets during the annual festival.
- The runner carried the Olympic torch with pride and determination.
- The oil lamps flickered and cast an amber glow, like hundreds of tiny torches.
- The Statue of Liberty held aloft a torch, a symbol of freedom and enlightenment.
FAQs About the word torches
something that guides or gives light or heat like a torch, any of various portable devices for emitting an unusually hot flame compare blowtorch, a flaming li
incendiaries, arsonists, firebugs,igniters, ignitors,pyromaniacs, immolators,flamers, kindlers
extinguishes, quenches, puts out, stamps (out), douses, snuffs (out), dims, dowses,chokes, suffocates
The villagers carried blazing torches to illuminate their path through the eerie forest.
The protesters brandished torches as a symbol of their anger and defiance.
The miners used torches to guide their way through the dark and treacherous mine shafts.
The campfire crackled and cast flickering shadows from the burning torches.
