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burn away

1. To continue burning (as of something that is already ablaze). We watched helplessly as our house burned away despite the firefighters' efforts. The candles on the birthday cake burned away while Molly made a wish.
2. To obliterate with fire, as of an object or substance that has been ignited. It's getting cold in here again because all the logs in the fireplace have burned away.
3. To use heat to remove something, as in a medical procedure. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "burn" and "away." The doctor told me that he will have to burn away some tissue to alleviate my pain.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

burn something away

to remove or destroy something by burning. The doctor burned the wart away. The doctor burned away the wart.
See also: away, burn

burn away

 
1. [for something] to burn until there is no more of it. All the oil burned away. The logs burned away and the fireplace was cooling down.
2. for something to keep on burning. The little fire burned away brightly, warming the tiny room. The candle burned away, giving a tiny bit of light to the huge room.
See also: away, burn
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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But for my aid his life would have burned away in torments within the first two years after the perpetration of his crime and thine.
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Nearly the whole of the outer covering was burned away, but it was soon evident that the contents were hardly touched.
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I entered and asked one of the matter, and it was told me that fire from above had fallen on the hut of the king as he lay sleeping, and all the roof of the hut was burned away, but that the rain had put out the fire.
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The cat- heads had burned away, and the two red-hot anchors had gone to the bottom, tearing out after them two hundred fathom of red-hot chain.
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Last month's devastating wildfires in the region burned away flood-resistant trees and grass.
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Adele Bellis, 23, whose right ear was burned away, called for all acid attackers to be given life, saying: "Acid seems to have become another weapon for sick, unstable individuals." Anthony Riley, 26, was told he would serve a minimum of 13 years for the attack after their affair ended.
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"We traced the cables and found the metal core had been almost burned away."
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The beer, which has a scorched label with the top foil burned away, was saved by a fireman, Leroy Smith, who found six unopened bottles at the scene, which he secretly buried and later retrieved, the Daily Express reported.
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The damaged tissue turns white, a sign that the green chlorophyll has been burned away.
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