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Meanings of burnt in English

Treated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point.

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      Destroyed or badly damaged by fire.

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            Usage of burnt in English
            1
            Then came the global financial crisis and many of them got burnt.
            Reuters
            2
            I see the ill; I see many burnt in a great fire.
            The Ghost Kings
            3
            The black-beetles have left the house; the house will be burnt down.
            Note-Book of Anton Chekhov
            4
            On the main approach into town are miles of burnt, smouldering forest.
            Reuters
            5
            On the main approach into town are miles of burnt, smoldering forest.
            Reuters
            6
            On the altar that is in the place the flame burnt brightly.
            The World's Desire
            7
            The gas burnt economically low within its stained-glass cage in the hall.
            Clayhanger
            8
            Doctors were struggling to assist horrifically wounded victims, many burnt beyond recognition.
            The Irish Times
            9
            Mr Marsh said it did not appear that any houses were burnt.
            Radio NZ
            10
            He ordered them burnt as soon as possible in the capacious fireplace.
            The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
            11
            Never burnt; that fire must have been cold when she went in.
            The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
            12
            A lot of them have been burnt so many times, he said.
            Reuters
            13
            Grim the Hersir and about thirty men were burnt in the house.
            The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga
            14
            Gesturing towards two burnt vehicles, he added: We don't agree with that.
            The Guardian
            15
            Vague suggestions of architecture and biology burnt onto the paper, scarring it.
            The Scar
            16
            The lamp in which the oil had burnt down began to smoke.
            The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories
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