Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    Flammenwerfer

    огнемётognemjót

    вогнеме́тvohnemét

  2. (slang)Someone who is extremely good at throwing or shooting balls.

More definitions
  • a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I saw a soldier carrying a flamethrower.

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  2. That soldier knows how to use flamethrowers and grenade launchers perfectly.

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  3. William used the flamethrower again to push the aliens into the wormhole.

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  4. This is a flamethrower. It throws flames.

    deDas ist ein Flammenwerfer. Der wirft Flammen.

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  5. I hope we've learned something from what just happened. Never give a toddler a flamethrower.

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Translations

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Origin

From flame + thrower, calque of German Flammenwerfer.

From flame + thrower, calque of German Flammenwerfer.

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