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Burn off

To dissipate as the result of heat.

📖 Definitions of "Burn off"

verb

1
To dissipate as the result of heat.
2
To cause to dissipate by applying heat.
3
(oil) To dispose of (unusable explosive natural gas from an oil well) by burning it as it emerges from the well.
4
To fill (low-value air time) with programming not suitable for its original purpose.

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Word	Definition
burn upverb	(intransitive) To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
burnverb	A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
dissipateverb	(intransitive) To vanish by dispersion.
evaporateverb	(ergative) To transition from a liquid state into a gaseous state.
outburnverb	(transitive) To exceed in burning; burn longer than.
burn awayverb	(ergative) To remove or be removed by burning.
burn outverb	(intransitive) To tire due to overwork; to overwork to one's limit.
ablateverb	(transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
cook offverb	(literally) To eliminate by cooking.
boil offverb	(transitive) to remove by boiling
unburnnoun	(intransitive) To undergo the process of burning in reverse.
disperseverb	(transitive, intransitive) To scatter in different directions.
flarenoun	A sudden bright light.
dry outverb	(colloquial, ambitransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.
volatilizeverb	(transitive) To make volatile; to cause to evaporate.
extinguishverb	(transitive) To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
dry offverb	(transitive) To make dry.
vaporateverb	(obsolete) To emit vapour
evaporizeverb	(archaic or non-native speakers' English) To evaporate.
run offverb	To flee or depart quickly.

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