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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
Some of us may go to the theater in the hope of making up our minds on some burning issue of the day.
Vought has said that he plans to work closely with the commission to use executive action to accomplish the slashing and burning of government programs they're promising.
The elderly man’s body was discovered after his home on Lookout Mountain Avenue burned Wednesday afternoon.
But human activity, especially the burning of fossil fuels, has greatly increased the amount of CO2 in our atmosphere.
The study involving metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, is important because industrial activities, among them burning fossil fuels for energy, account for a significant percentage of the greenhouse gas in the Earth's atmosphere.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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