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burn up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. flare, flame up, blaze up, burn upverb

    burn brightly

    "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"

  2. burn off, burn, burn upverb

    use up (energy)

    "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"

  3. burn down, burn up, go upverb

    burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire

    "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"

Wiktionary

  1. burn upverb

    To catch fire and burn until destroyed

  2. burn upverb

    To destroy by burning.

  3. burn upverb

    To anger; to annoy.

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  1. burn up

    "Burn up" is a phrase which refers to the process of something being completely destroyed or consumed by fire or heat. It can also refer to using up or depleting resources such as fuel or energy. In a figurative sense, it can describe feelings of intense anger or passion. In physical or thermal terms, it can mean the process of solid matter transforming into heat and light energy due to combustion or associated processes.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of burn up in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of burn up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of burn up in a Sentence

  1. Judson Jones:

    When these pieces interact with our atmosphere, they burn up to reveal the fiery, colorful streaks you can find in our night sky.

  2. Clay Jordan:

    We know that, on average, a healthy forest would experience lightning strike fires about every 10 to 20 years and those fires would be low in intensity and would help burn up those excessive fuels -- keep the forest at a thin enough level so that the forest could thrive.

  3. Anton Siluanov:

    We need to have a lot more resources so as not to spend, not to burn up the reserve funds.

  4. Jaime Alguersuari:

    We have a target (power) consumption per lap and we need to respect that like the Bible, you want to win, but if you burn up all your energy you won't finish.

  5. Jaime Alguersuari:

    We have a target (power) consumption per lap and we need to respect that like the Bible, you want to win, but if you burn up all your energy you won’t finish.


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