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• n  a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards

• Private Parley, 24, carried a flamethrower in the first wave on Omaha Beach with the 116th Infantry Regiment.
• We can't measure it in the copycat rampages its critics predicted, since few players ended up running wild in the streets, flamethrower-ing policemen and Lord-knows-what-ing .
• Wielding a flamethrower, she set fires to ward off the police while the bandits made their escape.

News & Articles

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• Tigers rumors: Detroit still on the hunt for a closer
  Throughout the winter and early spring, the big question out in Detroit was who the Tigers would tab as their closer for the 2013 season. Many thought that young flamethrower Bruce Rondon would take over on Opening Day, while others thought that GM Dave Dombrowski would go out and find a Proven Closer™ on the open market.
  June 13, 2013 - Philly.com
• Flamethrower Archer out to provide spark for Rays
  Entering Wednesday's finale, both the Red Sox and Rays rank in the bottom 10 among June ERAs, with Boston at 4.30 and Tampa Bay at 4.50. Hoping to provide a boost to the Rays' rotation is flamethrower Chris Archer, who will oppose Alfredo Aceves, called up from Triple-A to make the start.
  June 12, 2013 - Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Red Sox turn to Aceves in finale vs. Rays
  Entering Wednesday's finale, both the Red Sox and Rays rank in the bottom 10 among June ERAs, with Boston at 4.30 and Tampa Bay at 4.50. Hoping to provide a boost to the Rays' rotation is flamethrower Chris Archer, who will oppose Alfredo Aceves, called up from Triple-A to make the start.
  June 12, 2013 - Boston Red Sox

Quotes

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• President Bush in MLive.com
  July 18, Detroit Free Press: "I think Detroit will be in the World Series," Bush said. "I think they'll nose out Boston. I know that may be counterintuitive, but their young pitching is great, and they've got the flamethrower Zumala back."
• Sigourney Weaver in MTV.com
  I think we should have a big blowout badass party, you know? Bring your own flamethrower,Weaver said, adding that she would be careful not to invite one key guest, even if they have collaborated professionally in the past. "There's just...
• Bobby Cox in MLB.com
  He's starting to get the idea that he's a pitcher and not a flamethrower,Cox said of Reyes. "It's a work in progress."