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flame throwers
n. (flame thrower English)
Usage examples of "flame throwers".
We let 'em conic for a couple of weeks or so, then we went for 'em with the flame throwers.
Just to be on the safe side, I laid in several machine guns and mortars from the source which had already provided us with the flame throwers we used against the triffids.
On his back, slung skewed with only one of its shoulder straps buckled down, was one of the flame throwers that had been used to burn the bramble bushes from the plain.
You do not play such tricks on a soldier, do not turn him out of the train that is taking him back to a fortnight's hard-earned leave and send him marching along a confounded country road, hounding him back to the front to fight with tanks, flame throwers and shells.