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torch down

torch down verb: to set all of (something) on fire, especially so as to destroy it.

Verb

torch down (third-person singular simple present torches down, present participle torching down, simple past and past participle torched down)

  1. (literally, transitive) To set all of (something) on fire, especially so as to destroy it.
    • Torch it down, boys, burn the whole thing down!
  2. (transitive) To use a propane torch to burn sheets of modified bitumen, a technique used on roofs to provide waterproofing and fire resistance.

Forms of torch down

third-person singular presenttorches down
present participletorching down
past participletorched down
pasttorched down

Questions about torch down

What does torch down mean?
Torch down means to set all of (something) on fire, especially so as to destroy it.
What part of speech is torch down?
Torch down is a verb.
What is the past tense of torch down?
The past tense of torch down is torched down.

Words near torch down in the dictionary

  1. torce
  2. torces
  3. torcetrapib
  4. torch
  5. TORCH complex
  6. torch down
  7. torch drive
  8. torch drives
  9. torch ginger
  10. torch gingers
  11. Torch Lake

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