book burning
A mass burning of books, intended as a form of political and/or religious censorship.
adj
So hot as to seem to burn (something).
the burning sun
The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them.
Feeling very hot.
burning skin
Feeling great passion.
her burning heart
Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
burning zeal
a burning passion
Being keenly discussed.
a burning question; a burning issue
noun
The act by which something burns or is burned.
It gives a fine delineation of the burnings of shame, disappointed ambition, and vengeance[…]
The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.
A fire.
The burnings continued all day.
The purposeful removal of certain number of coins in circulation, by sending them to a public address where the private keys cannot be obtained (called burn address, eater address or black hole), which usually should be available on the blo
A fiery pain.