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burned

adjective as in marked by fire or intense heat

adjective as in consumed

Strong match

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The trees were sprouting green shoots and to the naked eye appeared healthy — the only sign of life on the side of the street where historic Janes Village homes burned and some neighbors perished.

Five days earlier, her childhood home in the alphabet streets area of Pacific Palisades had burned to the ground.

Marquez will be the first operating out of its original site even though it was the only one that completely burned to the ground.

The fire itself burned for nearly two more months, and wasn’t fully contained until Dec. 3.

Over the last eight years, wildfires have burned down more houses than at any other time in California history.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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