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flame-thrower

flame-thrower is the alternative spelling of flamethrower.

Meaning of flamethrower

Noun

flamethrower (plural flamethrowers)

  1. A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
  2. (slang) Someone who is extremely good at throwing or shooting balls.
    • "We allowed him to kind of orchestrate the whole offense, and he got comfortable early," George said. "He's a flamethrower. Once he gets hot, it's over."2017 April 11, “Mike Conley Rewards Grizzlies' Faith With a Career Season”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2018

Forms of flame-thrower

pluralflame-throwers

Questions about flame-thrower

What is flame-thrower the alternative spelling of?
Flame-thrower is the alternative spelling of flamethrower.

Words near flame-thrower in the dictionary

  1. flame-proofed
  2. flame-proofing
  3. flame-proofs
  4. flame-retardant
  5. flame-retardants
  6. flame-thrower
  7. flameable
  8. flameage
  9. flameback
  10. flamebacks
  11. flamebait

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flame-thrower (page history and authors); flamethrower (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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