burn off

Other forms: burned off; burning off

Definitions of burn off
  1. verb
    clear land of its vegetation by burning it off
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    type of:
    bare, denudate, denude, strip
    lay bare
  2. verb
    use up (energy)
    synonyms: burn, burn up
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    type of:
    consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out
    use up (resources or materials)
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