torching

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Verb

torching

  1. present participle and gerund of torch

Noun

torching (countable and uncountable, plural torchings)

  1. An act of arson.
    • 2007 September 23, David Bowman, “Torchlit Crit”, in New York Times:
      His attempt to find the real arsonist leads him to wonder if one of his newly alcoholic parents could have committed the torchings.
  2. A way of catching fish at night with torchlight and spear.

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