| arson | | |
| n. (act) | 1. arson, fire-raising, incendiarism | malicious burning to destroy property.; "the British term for arson is fire-raising" |
| ~ burning, combustion | the act of burning something.; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance" |
| burning | | |
| n. (act) | 1. burning, combustion | the act of burning something.; "the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance" |
| ~ change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something. |
| ~ arson, fire-raising, incendiarism | malicious burning to destroy property.; "the British term for arson is fire-raising" |
| ~ kindling, firing, ignition, inflammation, lighting | the act of setting something on fire. |
| ~ incineration | the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes. |
| n. (state) | 2. burn, burning | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire. |
| ~ hurting, pain | a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder.; "the patient developed severe pain and distension" |
| n. (process) | 3. burning, combustion | a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light. |
| ~ deflagration | combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat. |
| ~ flame, flaming, fire | the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke.; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" |
| ~ internal combustion | the combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine). |
| ~ oxidation, oxidisation, oxidization | the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction. |
| n. (act) | 4. burning, electrocution | execution by electricity. |
| ~ capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution | putting a condemned person to death. |
| n. (act) | 5. burning, burning at the stake | execution by fire. |
| ~ capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution | putting a condemned person to death. |
| ~ auto-da-fe | the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition). |
| n. (act) | 6. burning | a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin. |
| ~ torturing, torture | the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason.; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession" |
| adj. | 7. burning | of immediate import.; "burning issues of the day" |
| ~ important, of import | of great significance or value.; "important people"; "the important questions of the day" |
| razing | | |
| n. (event) | 1. razing, wrecking | the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled. |
| ~ demolition, wipeout, destruction | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. |
| n. (act) | 2. demolishing, leveling, razing, tearing down | complete destruction of a building. |
| ~ destruction, devastation | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. |
| burn | | |
| n. (state) | 1. burn, sunburn, suntan, tan | a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun. |
| ~ hyperpigmentation | unusual darkening of the skin. |
| n. (state) | 2. burn | an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation. |
| ~ harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| ~ electric burn | a burn caused by heat produced by an electric current. |
| ~ scorch, singe | a surface burn. |
| ~ scald | a burn cause by hot liquid or steam. |
| ~ first-degree burn | burn causing redness of the skin surface. |
| ~ second-degree burn | burn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis. |
| ~ third-degree burn | burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. burn, burn mark | a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body). |
| ~ blemish, mar, defect | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).; "a facial blemish" |
| ~ cigarette burn | a burn mark left by a smoldering cigarette.; "a cigarette burn on the edge of the table" |
| n. (act) | 4. burn | damage inflicted by fire. |
| ~ scathe, damage, harm, hurt | the act of damaging something or someone. |
| ~ scald | the act of burning with steam or hot water. |
| v. (change) | 5. burn, burn down, fire | destroy by fire.; "They burned the house and his diaries" |
| ~ burn, combust | undergo combustion.; "Maple wood burns well" |
| ~ incinerate, burn | cause to undergo combustion.; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" |
| ~ backfire | set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire. |
| ~ cremate | reduce to ashes.; "Cremate a corpse" |
| ~ torch | burn maliciously, as by arson.; "The madman torched the barns" |
| ~ scorch | destroy completely by or as if by fire.; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land" |
| ~ ruin, destroy | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| v. (weather) | 6. burn, glow | shine intensely, as if with heat.; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning" |
| ~ beam, shine | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light.; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" |
| ~ gutter | burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker.; "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground" |
| v. (change) | 7. burn, combust | undergo combustion.; "Maple wood burns well" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| ~ burn down, burn up, go up | burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire.; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames" |
| ~ smolder, smoulder | burn slowly and without a flame.; "a smoldering fire" |
| ~ burn, burn down, fire | destroy by fire.; "They burned the house and his diaries" |
| ~ scorch, sear, singe | become superficially burned.; "my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames" |
| ~ deflagrate | burn with great heat and intense light.; "the powder deflagrated" |
| ~ flame | be in flames or aflame.; "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset" |
| ~ blaze up, burn up, flame up, flare | burn brightly.; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity" |
| ~ blaze | burn brightly and intensely.; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze" |
| v. (perception) | 8. bite, burn, sting | cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.; "The sun burned his face" |
| ~ nettle, urticate | sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation. |
| ~ burn | feel hot or painful.; "My eyes are burning" |
| ~ hurt, smart, ache | be the source of pain. |
| v. (weather) | 9. burn, combust | cause to burn or combust.; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" |
| ~ burn, combust | undergo combustion.; "Maple wood burns well" |
| ~ ignite, light | cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat.; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" |
| ~ set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set on fire | set fire to; cause to start burning.; "Lightening set fire to the forest" |
| ~ catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate, ignite, erupt | start to burn or burst into flames.; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" |
| ~ char, coal | burn to charcoal.; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything" |
| ~ deflagrate | cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity.; "care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated" |
| v. (emotion) | 10. burn | feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion.; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies" |
| ~ feel, experience | undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind.; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret" |
| v. (change) | 11. burn, incinerate | cause to undergo combustion.; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ incinerate | become reduced to ashes.; "The paper incinerated quickly" |
| ~ burn, burn down, fire | destroy by fire.; "They burned the house and his diaries" |
| v. (social) | 12. burn | burn at the stake.; "Witches were burned in Salem" |
| ~ burn, burn down, fire | destroy by fire.; "They burned the house and his diaries" |
| ~ execute, put to death | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment.; "In some states, criminals are executed" |
| v. (possession) | 13. burn | spend (significant amounts of money).; "He has money to burn" |
| ~ squander, waste, blow | spend thoughtlessly; throw away.; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" |
| v. (perception) | 14. burn | feel hot or painful.; "My eyes are burning" |
| ~ sting, bite, burn | cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort.; "The sun burned his face" |
| ~ hurt, smart, ache | be the source of pain. |
| v. (change) | 15. burn, cauterise, cauterize | burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent.; "The surgeon cauterized the wart" |
| ~ care for, treat | provide treatment for.; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics" |
| ~ scorch, sear | make very hot and dry.; "The heat scorched the countryside" |
| v. (body) | 16. burn, sunburn | get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun. |
| ~ discolour, discolor, color, colour | change color, often in an undesired manner.; "The shirts discolored" |
| v. (creation) | 17. burn, cut | create by duplicating data.; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ cut | record a performance on (a medium).; "cut a record" |
| v. (consumption) | 18. burn, burn off, burn up | use up (energy).; "burn off calories through vigorous exercise" |
| ~ deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume, eat | use up (resources or materials).; "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week" |
| v. (change) | 19. burn | burn with heat, fire, or radiation.; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" |
| ~ scald | burn with a hot liquid or steam.; "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out" |
| ~ damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
| ~ blacken, char, sear, scorch | burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color.; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" |
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