Definition of "Torch" :

noun: a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame

noun: a small portable battery-powered electric lamp

noun: a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

noun: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches

verb: burn maliciously, as by arson

"The madman torched the barns."