go up in flames vs torch

go up in flames

• To catch fire. 

• To be cancelled or ruined without any hope of return. 

torch

• To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick). 

• To travel in a spacecraft propelled by a torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion"). 

• An arsonist. 

• A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material. 

• A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch. 

• A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight. 

• A torch drive ("a spacecraft engine which produces thrust by nuclear fusion").