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Defenition of the word burning

    • Defenition of the word burning

      • lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire"
      • characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
      • pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
      • consuming fuel; used in combination; "coal-burning (or wood-burning) stoves"
      • intensely hot; "a burning fever"; "the burning sand"
      • of immediate import; "burning issues of the day"
      • producing or having a painfully hot sensation; "begged for water to soothe his burning throat"
      • execution by fire
      • the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance"
      • a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
      • execution by electricity
      • lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car''s tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming cr
      • the act of burning something
      • a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
      • of immediate import

    Synonyms for the word burning

      • ablaze
      • afire
      • aflame
      • aflare
      • alight
      • ardent
      • blazing
      • burn
      • burning at the stake
      • combustion
      • electrocution
      • fervent
      • fervid
      • fiery
      • flaming
      • impassioned
      • on fire
      • perfervid
      • torrid

    Similar words in the burning

      • fueled
      • hot
      • important
      • lighted
      • lit
      • of import
      • painful
      • passionate

    Hyponyms for the word burning

      • arson
      • auto-da-fe
      • deflagration
      • fire
      • fire-raising
      • firing
      • flame
      • flaming
      • ignition
      • incendiarism
      • incineration
      • inflammation
      • internal combustion
      • kindling
      • lighting

    Hypernyms for the word burning

      • capital punishment
      • change of integrity
      • death penalty
      • executing
      • execution
      • hurting
      • oxidation
      • oxidisation
      • oxidization
      • pain
      • torture
      • torturing

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