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Definition of torch verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

torch

verb

NAmE//tɔrtʃ//

torch somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they torch

he / she / it torches

past simple torched

-ing form torching

to set fire to a building or vehicle deliberately in order to destroy it The houses had been looted and then torched.

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