Usually means: Set fire to destroy completely.
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  1. put to the torch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. put to the torch: Collins English Dictionary
  3. put to the torch: Wiktionary
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▸ verb:  (transitive) To set on fire.

Similar:
set on fire, light, ignite, fire, enfire, set fire, atend, set alight, accend, emblaze, more...

Opposite:
preserve, save, protect, conserve

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Similar:
set on fire, light, ignite, fire, enfire, set fire, atend, set alight, accend, emblaze, more...

Opposite:
preserve, save, protect, conserve



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