noun General Slang

Fire Wrench

· noun · construction

Yet another name for the oxy-acetylene torch.

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An oxy-acetylene cutting torch — same tool as a smoke wrench or gas axe, different regional flavour. Used by mechanics and fabricators when seized fasteners, rusted brackets or stubborn welds need to be persuaded with flame. Hagerty popularised the term in the classic-car world.

“She wouldn't break loose with a six-foot cheater bar, so out came the fire wrench.”
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Fire Wrench In A Sentence

She wouldn't break loose with a six-foot cheater bar, so out came the fire wrench.

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