burning
English Thesaurus
1. the act of burning something (noun.act)
hypernym | : | change of integrity, |
definition | : | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | arson, fire-raising, incendiarism, |
definition | : | malicious burning to destroy property (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | firing, ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting, |
definition | : | the act of setting something on fire (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | incineration, |
definition | : | the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes (noun.act) |
2. a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin (noun.act)
3. execution by fire (noun.act)
hypernym | : | capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution, |
definition | : | putting a condemned person to death (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | auto-da-fe, |
definition | : | the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition) (noun.act) |
4. execution by electricity (noun.act)
hypernym | : | capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution, |
definition | : | putting a condemned person to death (noun.act) |
5. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light (noun.process)
hypernym | : | oxidation, oxidisation, oxidization, |
definition | : | the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | deflagration, |
definition | : | combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat (noun.process) |
hyponym | : | internal combustion, |
definition | : | the combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine) (noun.process) |
6. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire (noun.state)
7. of immediate import (adj.all)
8. the act of burning something (noun.act)
9. execution by electricity (noun.act)
derivation | : | electrocute, fry, |
definition | : | kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair (verb.social) |
10. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light (noun.process)
11. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire (noun.state)
derivation | : | burn, |
definition | : | feel hot or painful (verb.perception) |
12. the act of burning something (noun.act)
13. execution by electricity (noun.act)
derivation | : | electrocute, fry, |
definition | : | kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair (verb.social) |
14. a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light (noun.process)
15. pain that feels hot as if it were on fire (noun.state)
derivation | : | burn, |
definition | : | feel hot or painful (verb.perception) |
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