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burning

adjective as in fervent, excited

adjective as in stinging, painful

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The state passed a few new laws in 2018 designed to facilitate more intentional burning.

After settlers forcibly removed Indigenous people from the land, their cultural burning practices were eventually replaced by policies of full-on fire suppression.

Each year, the burning of fossil fuels emits about 100 times more carbon dioxide than volcanoes emit — too much too fast for oceans and weathering to neutralize it, which is why our climate is warming and our oceans are acidifying.

The burning keeps trees from growing — and also burns up old plants, returning their nutrients to the soil, too.

Most people know that the burning of fossil fuels spews a lot of this gas.

The correspondent does a stand-up next to a burning pile of heroin and gets a taste of its effect.

On his Instagram account (which has since been taken down), Brinsley made one reference to burning an American flag.

It reacts very readily with oxygen by burning smokelessly, with carbon dioxide and water as its byproducts.

Tank Battle Kim's death -- a clean version of Kim's Face shot (no head burning or head exploding).

I was tired, my eyes burning from the road and kind of disoriented.

Its backbone should be the study of biology and its substance should be the threshing out of the burning questions of our day.

Immediately Messa went up the stairs, and safely reached a large room where two candles were burning on a buffet.

A lurid spot on each cheek showed burning red through the bronze of his skin.

From early morn to early morn again, the hot winds continued, and the air was surcharged with the smell of burning plants.

A burning controversy between the Averroists and the orthodox schoolmen.

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On this page you'll find 184 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to burning, such as: fiery, flaming, gleaming, glowing, hot, and scorching.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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