torch

• Nom désignant une source de lumière portable, généralement soit une torche électrique fonctionnant sur piles (lampe de poche), soit un bâton muni d'une flamme à son extrémité.

A noun referring to a portable light source, typically powered by batteries (flashlight in American English) or a stick with a flame at one end.

1. A1formalbritish

   A portable light source that uses batteries to produce light.

   Lampe de poche

   • He used a torch to find his way in the dark.
   • I always keep a torch in my car for emergencies.
   • She shone the torch on the path ahead.

   Synonymesflashlightlight

2. Flame on a stickA2formal

   A long stick with burning material at one end, used to provide light.

   Torche

   • The Olympic torch was carried through the city.
   • They lit torches to illuminate the ancient cave.
   • The villagers carried torches during the night procession.

   Synonymesbrandflambeaulink

• Verbe signifiant mettre le feu délibérément à quelque chose ou provoquer une combustion.

A verb meaning to set fire to something deliberately, or to cause something to burn.

1. Set on fireB2informal

   To deliberately set something on fire, often with the intent to destroy it.

   incendier

   • The vandals torched the abandoned car.
   • Protesters torched the building during the riot.
   • He was arrested for torching a warehouse.

   Synonymesburnigniteincineratekindlelightset ablaze

   Antonymesdouseextinguishquenchsmother

2. B2informalamerican

   To completely destroy or ruin something, often in a figurative sense.

   détruire, ruiner

   • The scandal torched his political career.
   • She torched all her old diaries in a fit of anger.
   • The bad review torched the restaurant's reputation.

   Synonymesburndemolishdestroydevastaterazeruintrashwastewreck

   Antonymesbuildconstructcreatepreserverepairrestore