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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
Between the night of November 16th into the early hours of November 17th, and then again from late dawn November 17th into early November 18th, Technically speaking, the Leonids are nothing more than pieces of ice, rock and dust that turn into streaking flashes of light as they burn up in the atmosphere and Tempel-Tuttle makes its annual journey around Earth.
As of September, Vertical had $57.4m on hand – but it expects to burn through nearly double that over the coming year.
A post-mortem examination found Sara had suffered dozens of injuries including "probable human bite marks", an iron burn and scalding from hot water before she died on 8 August 2023.
Under cross examination, he was questioned about a burn to Sara’s buttocks and bite marks, which he denies causing.
“The great majority of homes that burn in wildfires are already in flaming ruins by the time the fire reaches the town,” said Chad Hanson, a wildfire scientist and the director and principal ecologist at the John Muir Project.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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