BURN

Destroy by fire

Example: "They burned the house and his diaries"

• burn down
• fire  7

• destroy  11
• ruin  4

• backfire  19
• cremate  11
• torch  10
• scorch  13

Shine intensely, as if with heat

Example: "The coals were glowing in the dark"

• glow  8

• beam  8
• shine  8

• gutter  7

Undergo combustion

Example: "Maple wood burns well"

• combust  13

• change state
• turn  4

• burn down
• burn up
• go up
• smolder  10
• • smoulder  11
  • scorch  13
  • sear  4
  • singe  6
  • deflagrate  15
  • flame  10
  • blaze up
  • burn up
  • flame up
  • flare  8
  • blaze  16
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Cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

Example: "The sun burned his face"

• bite  6
• sting  6

• ache  9
• hurt  7
• smart  7

• nettle  6
• urticate  10

Cause to burn or combust

Example: "The sun burned off the fog"

• combust  13

• ignite  7
• light  9
• set ablaze
• set afire
• • set aflame
  • set on fire
  • char  9
  • coal  6
  • deflagrate  15
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Feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion

Example: "She was burning with anger"

Cause to undergo combustion

Example: "Burn garbage"

• incinerate  12

Execute by tying to a stake and setting alight

Example: "Witches were burned in salem"

Spend (significant amounts of money)

Example: "He has money to burn"

Feel hot or painful

Example: "My eyes are burning"

Burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

Example: "The surgeon cauterized the wart"

• cauterise  11
• cauterize  20

Get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

• sunburn  9

Create by duplicating data

Example: "Cut a disk"

• cut  5

Use up (energy)

Example: "Burn off calories through vigorous exercise"

• burn off
• burn up

Damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation

Example: "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

• damage  10

• scald  8
• burn  6
• cauterise  11
• cauterize  20
• • blacken  15
  • char  9
  • scorch  13
  • sear  4
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