burned out
Example Sentences
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He was shot and his charred body found in a burned-out car, a common method in gang killings known locally as a "barbecue".
From BBC
Ginsberg lives on the Lower East Side in what Hujar calls “the most rundown tenement,” not far from a cluster of the burned-out buildings that marked New York’s gritty ’70s.
In the streets, dead bodies are scattered alongside burned-out vehicles.
Would we give a burned-out caregiver a week’s paid vacation?
Wood frames are rising from the ashes of burned-out lots in Pacific Palisades, signaling the start of a new era for the fire-torn community.
From Los Angeles Times
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