burned (up)

variants or burnt (up)
past tense of burn (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for burned (up)
Verb
  • Not seeing his name on the list should have annoyed him.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
  • While typically a crowd at a concert might have been annoyed that the performer stopped the show to have a chat with a fan, the audience couldn’t have been more supportive and receptive.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • With the exception of the Russell 2000, which gained 1%, none of the major indices bothered to get out of bed the day after Christmas.
    JJ Kinahan, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The technology behind an LLM is sufficiently advanced because the people using it have not bothered to understand it.
    Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Family members were able to put out the fire, according to the press release, and the man was later taken into custody after initially leaving the scene.
    The Sacramento Bee, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The state lottery first put out a call to participants on its website, encouraging anyone over the age of 21 to swing by the fair's Elwell Family Park, where all participants were given a free Scratch, Match & Win! ticket to try their luck.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the sixth inning, India re-aggravated the injury after reaching base on a one-out walk.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
  • However, the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad aggravated already tense relations between Turkey and Israel, with their conflicting interests pushing the relationship toward a possible collision course.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Burned (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burned%20%28up%29. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

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