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

ADJECTIVE
marked by fire or intense heat
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
consumed
Synonyms


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Hedge funds and other sophisticated investors who have been burned by the abrupt turnaround might be more cautious about sticking their necks out once again, he noted, particularly as bonus season approaches.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Eleven months later, several television antennas in the region were burned, cutting communications to a million French people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Tiny pinewood bonfires burned through the night at a mountain cemetery as the largely Christian Philippines remembered its dead, turning the fog-shrouded hilltop into a vast, fragrant altar of light.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

The council member has spent significant time in Boyle Heights following the Lineage fire, which burned down a massive cold food storage facility, sending noxious smoke into the heavily Latino neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

My ears burned as I imagined the tittle-tattle of ladies at the Chinese Opera House, the girls and guys at the drugstore, the men in the cigar shops.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu


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