flame-thrower
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Rookie flame-thrower Jared Jones has 25 strikeouts in his first 18 innings, the eighth-most strikeouts by a pitcher through his first three career games, per Baseball Reference.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024
All the flame-thrower needed was a change of place and a boost of confidence.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2019
Yordano Ventura became a star during last year’s postseason and was the team’s opening-day starter, but the flame-thrower struggled with his control and emotions and was briefly demoted to the minors this season.
From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2015
I imagine that a more scientifically plausible dragon wouldn’t be the slender, monitor lizard-like monstrosity we see in the latest Hobbit film and more like a flightless, bloated flame-thrower.
From Scientific American • Jan. 2, 2014
Montag stood with the flame-thrower in his limp hands, great islands of perspiration drenching his armpits, his face smeared with soot.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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