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  • past participle of burn.
  • past tense form of burn.
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burnt

[burnt] / bɜrnt /


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Dressed in a gray T-shirt, dark collared shirt and leather pants, RM’s hair is a light burnt sienna color matching the fur of the stylized tiger on the screen behind him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

They were clad in the university’s signature burnt orange.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Official data show 38,000 hectares have burnt in West Kalimantan.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Mollie's mother, Kirsty Campbell, 35, a charge nurse, said her daughter is at risk of sunburn all year round - and has previously burnt in November.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

“My arms and legs shook; for the first time an aircraft burnt down before my eyes.”

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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