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burn off

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burn off
vb (tr, adverb)
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) to clear (land) of vegetation by burning
2. (Mining & Quarrying) to get rid of (unwanted gas at an oil well, etc.) by burning
n burn-off
an act or the process of burning off
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Verb1.burn off - use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"
burn up, burn
deplete, use up, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat, consume - use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
2.burn off - clear land of its vegetation by burning it off
denudate, denude, bare, strip - lay bare; "denude a forest"
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Intense forest fires burn off topsoil, lofting its mercury contents into the atmosphere, where the metal drifts long distances (SN: 8/26/06, p.
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Next, they used a chart, a treadmill, and their mathematics skills to figure out how much exercise it would take for a 125-pound person to burn off such a lunch.
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Do you have any exercises that will really tone and sculpt me but not burn off the little weight that I have?
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