Flamethrower

//ˈfleɪmˌθɹoʊ.ɚ//

Synonyms for "flamethrower" (22 found)

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Translations

68 translations across 57 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • vlamwerper noun (device that projects a flame)

Arabic

1 entries
  • قَاذِفَة لَهَب noun (device that projects a flame)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հրանետ noun (device that projects a flame)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • odsaçan noun (device that projects a flame)

Basque

1 entries
  • su-jaurtigailu noun (device that projects a flame)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • агнямёт noun (device that projects a flame)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • огнехвърга́чка noun (device that projects a flame)

Catalan

1 entries
  • llançaflames noun (device that projects a flame)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 噴火器 /喷火器 noun (device that projects a flame)
  • 火焰噴射器 /火焰喷射器 noun (device that projects a flame)

Corsican

1 entries
  • zirlafiare noun (device that projects a flame)

Czech

1 entries
  • plamenomet noun (device that projects a flame)

Danish

1 entries
  • flammekaster noun (device that projects a flame)

Dutch

1 entries
  • vlammenwerper noun (device that projects a flame)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • flamĵetilo noun (device that projects a flame)

Estonian

1 entries
  • leegiheitja noun (device that projects a flame)

Finnish

1 entries
  • liekinheitin noun (device that projects a flame)

French

1 entries
  • lance-flamme noun (device that projects a flame)

Galician

1 entries
  • lanzachamas noun (device that projects a flame)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცეცხლსატყორცნი noun (device that projects a flame)

German

1 entries
  • Flammenwerfer noun (device that projects a flame)

Greek

1 entries
  • φλογοβόλο noun (device that projects a flame)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • לַהַבְיוֹר noun (device that projects a flame)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • lángszóró noun (device that projects a flame)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • eldvarpa noun (device that projects a flame)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pelontar api noun (device that projects a flame)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • lanceaflammas noun (device that projects a flame)

Irish

1 entries
  • teilgeoir lasrach noun (device that projects a flame)

Italian

1 entries
  • lanciafiamme noun (device that projects a flame)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 火炎放射器 noun (device that projects a flame)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • отшашар noun (device that projects a flame)

Korean

1 entries
  • 화염방사기 noun (device that projects a flame)

Latvian

1 entries
  • liesmu metējs noun (device that projects a flame)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • liepsnosvaidis noun (device that projects a flame)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • wognjochytak noun (device that projects a flame)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • пламенофр́лач noun (device that projects a flame)

Norman

1 entries
  • lanche-fliambes noun (device that projects a flame)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • agiravêj noun (device that projects a flame)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • flammekaster noun (device that projects a flame)

Occitan

3 entries
  • lança-eslamas noun (device that projects a flame)
  • lançaflamas noun (device that projects a flame)
  • lançahuec noun (device that projects a flame)

Persian

1 entries
  • شعلهافکن noun (device that projects a flame)

Polish

2 entries
  • miotacz ognia noun (device that projects a flame)
  • miotacz płomieni noun (device that projects a flame)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • lança-chamas noun (device that projects a flame)

Romanian

1 entries
  • aruncător de flăcări noun (device that projects a flame)

Romansch

1 entries
  • bittaflommas noun (device that projects a flame)

Russian

1 entries
  • огнемёт noun (device that projects a flame)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bacač plamena noun (device that projects a flame)
  • plamenobacač noun (device that projects a flame)
  • бацач пламена noun (device that projects a flame)
  • пламенобацач noun (device that projects a flame)

Slovak

1 entries
  • plameňomet noun (device that projects a flame)

Slovene

1 entries
  • plamenomet noun (device that projects a flame)

Spanish

2 entries
  • lanzaflamas noun (device that projects a flame)
  • lanzallamas noun (device that projects a flame)

Swedish

2 entries
  • eldkastare noun (device that projects a flame)
  • eldspruta noun (device that projects a flame)

Tajik

1 entries
  • оташандоз noun (device that projects a flame)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தழல் வீசி noun (device that projects a flame)

Turkish

1 entries
  • alev makinesi noun (device that projects a flame)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • вогнеме́т noun (device that projects a flame)

Upper Sorbian

3 entries
  • płomjenjomjetadło noun (device that projects a flame)
  • wohnjomjet noun (device that projects a flame)
  • wohnjomjetak noun (device that projects a flame)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • oʻtsochar noun (device that projects a flame)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • súng phun lửa noun (device that projects a flame)

Sample sentences

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This is a flamethrower. It throws flames.

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I saw a soldier carrying a flamethrower.

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I hope we've learned something from what just happened. Never give a toddler a flamethrower.

Source: tatoeba (10631091)

William used the flamethrower again to push the aliens into the wormhole.

Source: tatoeba (11602744)

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