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: to dissipate as though consumed by fire
the haze has burned away
: to eliminate by or as if by burninghis style burns away overlocalized fact — Saturday Review
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ˌburn a ˈway [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they burn away he/she/it burns away present participle burning away past tense burned away burnt away past participle burned away burnt away] phrasal verbto remove something, or to be removed, by burningThey use lasers to burn away the cancerous cells.
The paraffin finally burned away.
Thesaurus: to burn somethingsynonymMain entry: burn* * *
burn away [phrasal verb]burn away or burn (something) away or burn away (something) : to be removed or to remove (something) by fire or heatThe outer layer of wooden shingles burned away quickly in the fire. = The fire quickly burned the outer layer of wooden shingles away.
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ˌburn aˈway | ˌburn sthaˈway derivedto disappear as a result of burning; to make sth do this•
Half the candle had burnt away.
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The clothing on his back got burnt away in the fire.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.