burn away
phrasal verb
burned away or burnt away; burning away; burns away
: to be removed or to remove (something) by fire or heat
The outer layer of wooden shingles burned away quickly in the fire.
The fire quickly burned the outer layer of wooden shingles away.
burned away unwanted hair
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Wallpaper was also burnt away from the walls, light fixtures melted, and a carpet of ash covered the floor.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Some residents stood and watched as their homes burned away.
—The Staff Of The Morning, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Last year, the lab received a $3.8 million grant from the NIH to work on an MRI-compatible neurosurgery tool that could be used to burn away brain tumors or place electrodes for deep brain stimulation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2015
The surgery—an ablation (where doctors burn away abnormal tissue)—lasted a few hours, and recovery took three weeks.
—Katrina Martin, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Some residents stood and watched as their homes burned away.
—The Staff Of The Morning, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
Last year, the lab received a $3.8 million grant from the NIH to work on an MRI-compatible neurosurgery tool that could be used to burn away brain tumors or place electrodes for deep brain stimulation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2015
The surgery—an ablation (where doctors burn away abnormal tissue)—lasted a few hours, and recovery took three weeks.
—Katrina Martin, Health, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for burn away
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“Burn away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20away. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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