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burn into

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.06 sec.
burn something into something and burn something in 
1. Lit. to engrave, brand, or etch marks or letters into something by the use of great heat. She burned her initials into the handle of the umbrella. She burned in her initials.
2. Fig. to implant something firmly in someone's head, brain, memory, etc. She burned the information into her head. The events of the day burned in sad memories.
See also: burn


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He first of all carefully destroyed the message which he had received, and the transcription, and watched the fragments of paper burn into ashes.
 
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