1 (BrE) (also flashlight AmE, BrE) a small electric lamp that uses batteries and that you can hold in your hand:
Shine the torch on the lock while I try to get the key in.
2 (AmE) = BLOWLAMP
3 a long piece of wood that has material at one end that is set on fire and that people carry to give light:
a flaming torch * the Olympic torch * (figurative) They struggled to keep the torch of idealism and hope alive.
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put sth to the torch (literary) to set fire to sth deliberately
moreatCARRY
verb [VN] 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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