burned to a cinder

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burned to a cinder

burned very badly. [Very often used figuratively.] I stayed out in the sun too long, and I am burned to a cinder. This toast is burnt to a cinder.

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Byline: DAVID EDWARDS Waggishly billed as The Heathrow Terminal Five Massacre, here's another how-far-can-we-go horror for fans who like their gore not just well done but burned to a cinder. MOVIES: MUM & DAD Cert 18, 84mins **** by The Mirror (London, England) Station Officer Des Lloyd of West Bromwich fire station said: "The couple had left the microwave on with food inside and it had burned to a cinder, filling their flat with smoke. Black Country News: Burning food sparks alarm; WEST BROMWICH by Birmingham Mail (England) he was burned to a cinder pretty quickly of course"We would put old ECHOS at the base and fat from me ma's frying pan and stick in potatoes to cook, which would be roasted and picked up hours later for a feast. Flashback: Night has always sparkled for me; Comic Micky Finn tells ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			burden burden with burgeon out burn burn at the stake burn away burn boats burn bridges burn bridges in front of burn down burn fingers burn for burn in burn in effigy burn into Burn not your house to fright the mouse away burn off burn out burn out of burn the candle at both ends burn the midnight oil burn to a crisp burn up burn with burn with a low blue flame burned to a cinder burned up burner burning burning question burning the midnight oil burns burnt burst burst a blood vessel burst at the seams burst bubble burst forth burst in burst into burst into flame burst into sight burst into tears burst on burst on the scene burst onto the scene burst out burst out doing burst out into burst out laughing burst out of			burned into burned into burned into burned into burned joint Burned off burned out burned out burned out burned out burned out burned out mucosa Burned Out Paranoid Democrat Burned Out, Still Owing burned rubber burned rubber burned rubber burned rubber burned rubber burned sand burned the candle at both ends burned the candle at both ends burned the candle at both ends burned the candle at both ends burned the candle at both ends burned the midnight oil burned the midnight oil burned the midnight oil burned the midnight oil burned the midnight oil burned to a cinder burned to a crisp burned to a crisp burned to a crisp burned to a crisp Burned tongue Burned tongue Burned tongue burned up burned up burned up burned up burned up burned up Burned-In Burned-in address burned-out burned-out burned-out burned-out burned-out burned-out germinal center Burned-Out Newspapercreatures Guild burned-out phase burned-out tax shelter burned-over Burnelle, Ernest burner burner burner burner

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