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Synonyms for burn up

36 synonyms
1 antonym
4 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

steam anger devil bug incinerate cremate swelter

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Anger — to anger; to annoy

get, put out, anger, bother, devil, bug, steam, tick off informal US CA, provoke, annoy, gall, grate, irritate, pique, vex, peeve informal, aggravate, ruffle, persecute, molest, nettle, inflame

2. Flame up

flame up, blaze up, flare

3. Burn down

burn down, go up

4. Burn off

Other

incinerate, cremate, swelter, forburn dated

Noun

wind-up, roll-out, burn-out

Antonyms

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Definitions

v. 1
To anger; to annoy.
His thoughtlessness really burns me up.
v. 2
To catch fire and burn until destroyed.
The rocket may burn up on reentry.
v. 3
To destroy by burning.
n. 1
A measure of the consumption of fuel in a nuclear reactor.

Related words

Other spellings: burn-up burnup

Example sentences

steam Do not expose the console to dust, smoke or steam.
anger Susan broke the dish on purpose to show her anger.
devil Don't shoot the devil in the back. You might miss.
bug Sami gave Layla a drink that had a dead bug in it.
incinerate Fadil wanted to incinerate Layla's body.
cremate Sami was allowed to cremate his wife.

By length

3 letters: get¹, bug¹, vex¹
4 letters: born¹, gall¹
5 letters: steam¹, anger², devil², flare¹, annoy², grate¹, pique¹, peeve¹
6 letters: bother², ruffle², molest², nettle²
7 letters: provoke², inflame², cremate², swelter², forburn
8 letters: irritate³
9 letters: aggravate³, persecute³
10 letters: incinerate⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (anger² = 2 syllables).