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Burn off   /bərn ɔf/   Listen
Burn off

verb
1.
Use up (energy).  Synonyms: burn, burn up.
2.
Clear land of its vegetation by burning it off.





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"Burn off" Quotes from Famous Books



... held in the morning, although at times it took on a yellowish tinge and made them hopeful that it would burn off. Steve said it was not quite so thick, but no one else was able to see much difference in it. Han managed to subsist on one egg, in spite of gloomy predictions, but after breakfast he and Perry decided to paddle ashore and find a place ...
— The Adventure Club Afloat • Ralph Henry Barbour
... to buy vitriol—I don' care who it hits! An' I'll throw it in the face o' the wench that he goes with ... I don' care who it hits ... right in the middle o' the mug. I don' care! It c'n burn up his fine-lookin' phiz! I don' care! It c'n burn off his beard an' burn out his eyes if he goes with other women! What did he do? Cheated me! Ruined me! Took my money! Robbed me o' my honour! That's what the damn' dog did—seduced me an' lied to me an' left me an' kicked me out into the world! I don' care who it hits! ...
— The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann - Volume II • Gerhart Hauptmann
... overhead. What possessed her to, she could not herself have told—she certainly had no wish to injure Mrs. Dorcas' wicks—but she pinched up a little end of the fluffy flax and touched her candle to it. She thought she would see how that little bit would burn off. She soon found out. The flame caught, and ran like lightning through the whole bundle. There was a great puff of fire and smoke, and poor Mrs. Dorcas' fine candle-wicks were gone. Ann screamed, and sprang downstairs. ...
— The Adventures of Ann - Stories of Colonial Times • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
... Nome, but we're under orders from Mr. Eli, and we intend to follow them," he said. "I'd hate to see you injured, but if you blast either of us the other one will burn off your hand." ...
— Rebels of the Red Planet • Charles Louis Fontenay
... is tinned you may place it in the fire again, being careful about the heat, as too hot an iron will burn off the tinning. ...
— The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 - 700 Things For Boys To Do • Popular Mechanics


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