burn completely
Frequency: 7.09.0 per million words
to be entirely consumed or destroyed by fire
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Examples (10)
- The old letters burned completely, leaving nothing but fine grey ash.
- For the ritual to work, the sacred herbs must burn completely.
- Firefighters arrived, but the wooden shed had already burned completely to the ground.
- We watched as the log on the campfire burned completely through the night.
- If you don't provide enough oxygen, the fuel won't burn completely.
- The secret documents were completely burned to ensure no trace was left.
- By morning, the pile of wood had completely burned away.
- The photograph burned completely in a matter of seconds.
- It's a tragedy when a historic building burns completely.
- The evidence was destroyed after it was completely burned in the incinerator.