torched
past simple and past participle oftorch
torch
verb[T]
uk/tɔːtʃ/us/tɔːrtʃ/toburnabuildingor otherlargething,intentionallyand usuallyillegally:
Theysmashedasidedoorto get in and then torched thewarehousewhen they had taken what theywanted.
to burn down or burn something down
- burn downThe family home burned down in a matter of hours.
- burn to the groundToday marks 400 years since the theatre burned to the ground.
- go upAfter the initial explosion, the building went up in a matter of minutes.
- go up in flamesThe precious collection went up in flames.
- go up in smokeAll my life's work has gone up in smoke.
- consumeAll her possessions were consumed in the blaze.
Starting fires
- arsonist
- bellows
- combust
- fire
- fire starter
- firelighter
- ignite
- ignition
- kindle
- kindling
- light
- make
- match
- put
- putsomethingout
- reignition
- set fire tosomething/someoneidiom
- setsomething/someoneon fireidiom
- tinder
- torch
Examplesoftorched
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The burning of the cooperative building is still shrouded in mystery, but some people believe that the building wastorchedby guerrillas who regarded cooperatives as symbols of colonial exploitation.
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This is obviously another car that has beentorched.
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The first time, they left; the second time, they came back andtorchedthe barn.
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Some abandoned cars are the consequence of joyriding and aretorchedto remove the evidence of who was involved in the theft.
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Often reasonable-looking vehicles are quickly torn to pieces and sometimestorched.
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I know that they will drive people out and that we will see properties boarded up, bricked up andtorched.
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Several cars were dismantled andtorched; one caravan was gutted and dismantled.
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That is why club houses aretorchedand cricket squares are dug up.
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After a time, abandoned and vandalised vehicles are oftentorched, and the burned-out remains contribute to the general sense of decline.
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Vegetation left in their wake wastorched.
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They have been boarded and bricked up ortorchedand left derelict and in decay because good, decent families have been driven out by crime and other inner-city problems.
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Coptic homes, shops, businesses, fields and livestock were plundered andtorched.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In burning the mountaintop fortress, they alsotorchedthe two churches and town.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The people watched helplessly as the raiderstorchedvillages, ransacked pagodas, and took away captives.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They named the settlement after the woman whotorchedtheir ships.
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