flamethrower
A device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel…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.
» I saw a soldier carrying a flamethrower.
Meaning
2 sensesA device that projects a flame for starting fires, and sometimes also additional fuel to help ignition. Used either as a weapon or a tool.
Flammenwerfer
огнемётognemjót
вогнеме́тvohnemét
(slang)Someone who is extremely good at throwing or shooting balls.
- a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards
Examples
5 sentencesI saw a soldier carrying a flamethrower.
That soldier knows how to use flamethrowers and grenade launchers perfectly.
William used the flamethrower again to push the aliens into the wormhole.
This is a flamethrower. It throws flames.
deDas ist ein Flammenwerfer. Der wirft Flammen.
I hope we've learned something from what just happened. Never give a toddler a flamethrower.
Translations
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Origin
From flame + thrower, calque of German Flammenwerfer.From flame + thrower, calque of German Flammenwerfer.
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