Definition of "torching" []

• Present participle of torch. (verb)
• An act of arson. (noun)

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• "When you throw in a fire that's already burning and you push winds in that strong, you get what you call torching where little embers will blow off maybe a brush or maybe a tree and advance the line out further."
• "We're having what we call torching trees are lighting up and burning like Roman candles."
• "AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) — An Indian court has refused to release a Muslim, charged over the train torching that triggered Gujarat’s Hindu-Muslim rioting two years ago, so he could go home to have sex with his wife."