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burn
verb as in be on fire; set on fire
verb as in cause or feel stinging pain
verb as in be excited about; yearn for
Weak matches
be angry, be aroused, be inflamed, be passionate, be stirred up, breathe fire, eat up
Example Sentences
These furnaces use electricity, not heat from burning fossil fuels, to melt scrap steel – for example – and recycle it.
Is there a specific challenge with crafting a slow burn in the streaming era?
Together, the fires burned tens of thousands of acres of National Forest System lands, killed 21 people and destroyed thousands of buildings, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles.
He was severely burned and a close friend was killed.
Typically, drillers burn the gas they don’t capture, converting the methane to carbon dioxide, a less potent greenhouse gas, in a process called flaring.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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