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Meanings of book burning in English

Russian
сожжение книг
Portuguese
queima de livros
Spanish
quema de libros
Catalan
crema de llibres

Practice of destroying, often ceremoniously, books or other written material.

сожжение книг
Usage of book burning in English
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In May, Joseph Goebbels organised another book burning by university students.
The Guardian
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But this wiping history out with a swoop is akin to Nazi book burning.
The Guardian
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And that German accent of his lends a historical allusion to the practice of book burning.
The new yorker
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However, I doubt if many of those who attend the book burning will ever have read the book.
The Irish Times
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DVD extras will include a " book burning Yule log," a video advent calendar and alternate endings.
Reuters
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Even the ANC Youth League planned a " book burning", but senior ranks of the party have distanced themselves from this.
The South African
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Aspiring authors with a book burning a hole in their desk drawer might want to take note of this latest literary event.
The Irish Times
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Earlier this year, a church in Pennsylvania held an old-fashioned book burning to destroy Harry Potter books and other "offensive materials."
Wired
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A book on Mountjoy's baggage train inventory on the route march through Leix no doubt cries out for a return of illiteracy; book burning even.
The Irish Times
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Or take Altes Rathaus in Bonn, a square where a large Nazi book burning took place on 10 May 1933.
The Guardian
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Book burnings have even been a feature of protests in North America.
The Irish Times
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From maps to book burnings and fiduciary issue to forgery, he transcends the page.
The Irish Times
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No, I'm afraid all of the educational institutions were razed with the first siege, right before the mass book burnings.
John Dies at the End
Translations for book burning