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Meaning of burning

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  burning
      adj 1: of immediate import; "burning issues of the day"
      n 1: the act of burning something; "the burning of leaves was
           prohibited by a town ordinance" [syn: {burning},
           {combustion}]
      2: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire [syn: {burn},
         {burning}]
      3: a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give
         heat and light [syn: {combustion}, {burning}]
      4: execution by electricity [syn: {electrocution}, {burning}]
      5: execution by fire [syn: {burning}, {burning at the stake}]
      6: a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot
         implements are used to burn the victim's skin

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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