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flamethrower definition

flame·thrower (-t̸hrō′ər)

noun

a weapon for shooting a stream of flaming gasoline, oil, napalm, etc.

Etymology: transl. of Ger flammenwerfer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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