0 present participle of torch
1 to burn a building or other large thing, intentionally and usually illegally:
The worst problem—this is where the massive social cost creeps in—is torching.
That will reduce the incidence of torching, as vehicles usually lie around for a few days before somebody gets round to setting them ablaze.
Gangs of thugs currently roam the countryside, intimidating residents and torching the yards of farmers who try to stop them rampaging across fields full of crops.
Her paintings are created of pigmented beeswax, in a complex process of layering and torching, with a variety of methods in paint application.
High-temperature and long-duration surface wildfires may encourage flashover or "torching": the drying of tree canopies and their subsequent ignition from below.
Sigh, an end to our torching most of the mapboard.
Why were we torching houses and destroying crops?
Rather than surrender her, her captain ran her aground, torching her before abandoning ship.
