oxyacetylene adjective 1noun 1 adjective1 •Using this mixture.The first stage of the demolition work consisted of removing, by oxy-acetylene cutting, the whole of the plate floor, cross-girders, and lattice parapets. — 1946 noun1 •A mixture of oxygen and acetylene, which burns at a high temperature and is used for cutting and welding metals.Told a knock-kneed ghetto queen, "Get the head fiend – / Tell him it's from Medellin and use oxyacetylene" — 2002
