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  1. nozzle
    a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
    With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.
  2. venomous
    extremely poisonous or injurious
    With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.
  3. conductor
    the person who leads a musical group
    With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.
  4. symphony
    a long and complex sonata for an orchestra
    With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.
  5. tatter
    a small shred of cloth or paper
    With the brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in his head, and his hands were the hands of some amazing conductor playing all the symphonies of blazing and burning to bring down the tatters and charcoal ruins of history.
  6. symbolic
    serving as a visible sign for something abstract
    With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black.
  7. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
    With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black.
  8. flick
    throw or toss with a quick motion
    With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black.
  9. stride
    walk with long steps
    He strode in a swarm of fireflies.
  10. swarm
    a group of many things in the air or on the ground
    He strode in a swarm of fireflies.
  11. furnace
    an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced for a building
    He wanted above all, like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house.
  12. flap
    move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
    He wanted above all, like the old joke, to shove a marshmallow on a stick in the furnace, while the flapping pigeon-winged books died on the porch and lawn of the house.
  13. whirl
    the shape of something rotating rapidly
    While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning.
  14. fierce
    marked by extreme and violent energy
    Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame.
  15. singe
    burn superficially or lightly
    Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame.
Created on Sun Jun 24 18:37:18 EDT 2018 (updated Sun Jun 24 18:38:59 EDT 2018)

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