burnings
Things set ablaze
Burnings are instances of combustion or fire damage: The burnings left nothing but ash.
The word also covers deliberate acts of setting fire to things, whether ritual, punitive, or destructive: the burnings of heretics, book burnings.
A burning sensation—from heat, acid, or injury—can also be pluralized when referring to multiple occurrences: She felt burnings along her skin.
Visible burning combustion
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- ashesBurned matter's residue
- smokeAirborne combustion byproduct
- charringBurning surface black
scorching · incineration · conflagration · kindling · smoldering · pyres · bonfires · cremation
Intense emotional drive
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
- intensityStrength or force level
ardor · craving · obsession · zeal · urgency · ambition · hunger · fire
Causing sharp pain
- tinglingSlight stinging sensation
- scaldingExtremely hot, burning
- searingBrowning with intense heat
- irritationMild anger or inflammation
inflammation · rawness · soreness · chafing · prickling · smarting · throbbing · discomfort
Legal proceedings against alleged sorcerers
- stakesPosts or wagers
- martyrdomSuffering for conviction
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- executionCompleting a planned task
Salem · inquisition · pyres · torture · condemnation · accused · punishment · Joan of Arc
flames
Visible burning combustion
charring · scorching · incineration · conflagration · kindling · smoldering · pyres · bonfires · cremation · immolation
passion
Intense emotional drive
intensity · ardor · craving · obsession · zeal · urgency · ambition · hunger · fire · drive
stinging
Causing sharp pain
irritation · inflammation · rawness · soreness · chafing · prickling · smarting · throbbing · discomfort · sensitivity
witch trials
Legal proceedings against alleged sorcerers
execution · Salem · inquisition · pyres · torture · condemnation · accused · punishment · Joan of Arc · religious
arson
Criminal deliberate burning
- wildfiresUncontrolled outdoor blazes
- razedDestroyed a structure completely
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
ruins · torched · gutted · infernos · damage · loss · insurance · investigation · survivors · evacuation
- martyrdommartyrs, martyr, Christian martyrs, Catholic martyrs, Stephen
- witch huntswitch trials, witch hunt, witch hunts, Salem witch trials, Salem trials
- Inquisitioninquisition, heretic, inquisitors, heretics, heresy trial
burningssmotherings
Acts of overwhelming coverage
dousing · putting out · snuffing out · dampening · fireproofing
burningsfreezings
Acts of solidifying cold
chilling · coolings · icings · refrigeration · frost
burningspreservations
Acts of keeping safe
salvagings · constructions · buildings · creations · restorations
- burning upIntensely overheated
- burning outDepleting through overuse
- burning downDestroying by fire
- burning bridgesRuining relationships irreparably
- disk burningRecording data optically
- burning hotIntensely, dangerously heated