burn away

verb

burned away or burnt away; burning away; burns away

: to be removed or to remove (something) by fire or heat

The outer layer of wooden shingles burned away quickly in the fire.

The fire quickly burned the outer layer of wooden shingles away.

burned away unwanted hair

Examples of burn away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By the end of that show, the anxiety and isolation that freight life in the closet had burned away, leaving a happy, hopeful ending in place of familiar narrative disaster; love is found, secrecy is banished, and all is well. —Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026

The heat shield is made of Avcoat, an ablative material that burns away bit by bit, which carries heat away from the capsule. —Stephen J. Beard, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026

Engineers concluded that a different entry trajectory, one with an initial dip into the upper atmosphere followed by a shorter-duration climb back out, would allow the outer char layer to erode and burn away more evenly without creating damaging cracks and pressure buildups. —William Harwood, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026

The surface of the shield begins to burn away, in a process called ablation. —Julian Dossett, Space.com, 24 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for burn away

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