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burked
  • v  murder without leaving a trace on the body
  • v  get rid of, silence, or suppress
  • s  suppressed quietly or indirectly
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burled
  • v  remove the burls from cloth
  • s  (of wood) have a pattern from the grain of a tree burl
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burlesque
  • n  a theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease)
  • n  a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
  • v  make a parody of
  • a  relating to or characteristic of a burlesque
    burlesque theater
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burly
  • s  muscular and heavily built
    had a tall burly frame
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burmese
  • n  a native or inhabitant of Myanmar
  • n  the official language of Burma
  • a  of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its people
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burned
  • v  destroy by fire
    They burned the house and his diaries
  • v  shine intensely, as if with heat
  • v  undergo combustion
  • v  cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
    The sun burned his face
  • v  cause to burn or combust
    The sun burned off the fog
  • v  feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
  • v  cause to undergo combustion
  • v  burn at the stake
    Witches were burned in Salem
  • v  spend (significant amounts of money)
  • v  feel hot or painful
  • v  burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
  • v  get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
  • v  create by duplicating data
  • v  use up (energy)
  • v  burn with heat, fire, or radiation
  • s  treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
  • s  destroyed or badly damaged by fire
    a row of burned houses
    a burned-over site in the forest
  • s  ruined by overcooking
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burned-out
  • s  exhausted as a result of longtime stress
    she was burned-out before she was 30
  • s  inoperative as a result of heat or friction
    a burned-out picture tube
  • s  destroyed or badly damaged by fire
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burned-over
  • s  destroyed or badly damaged by fire
    a burned-over site in the forest
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burning
  • n  the act of burning something
    the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance
  • n  pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
  • n  a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
  • n  execution by electricity
  • n  execution by fire
  • n  a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin
  • v  destroy by fire
  • v  shine intensely, as if with heat
    The candles were burning
  • v  undergo combustion
  • v  cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort
  • v  cause to burn or combust
  • v  feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion
    She was burning with anger
    He was burning to try out his new skies
  • v  cause to undergo combustion
  • v  burn at the stake
  • v  spend (significant amounts of money)
  • v  feel hot or painful
    My eyes are burning
  • v  burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent
  • v  get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun
  • v  create by duplicating data
  • v  use up (energy)
  • v  burn with heat, fire, or radiation
  • s  of immediate import
    burning issues of the day
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