Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of torch
nountorching (countable and uncountable, plural torchings)
plural torchings
- countableuncountableAn act of arson.
His attempt to find the real arsonist leads him to wonder if one of his newly alcoholic parents could have committed the torchings.
2007 September 23, David Bowman, “Torchlit Crit”, in New York Times - countableuncountableA way of catching fish at night with torchlight and spear.
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APA
torching. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torching
MLA
“torching.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torching. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “torching,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/torching.
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