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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a 10-year-old kid Pauline used a stolen acetylene torch to decapitate the globe of a gumball machine.
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Cylinders of acetylene were believed to have gone up in what was originally reported as a simple barn fire.
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It was originally an acetylene light but was converted to propane gas operation in 1963.
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Later firemen tackling the blaze were in danger from exploding canisters of acetylene and propane.
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Oh, and the hospital exploded, like an acetylene torch, in tongues of fire.
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There are also several vehicles cut up by acetylene equipment and dumped in a pond.