burning

1. is a type of: change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
   subtypes:

   • arson, fire-raising, incendiarism - malicious burning to destroy property
   • firing, ignition, inflammation, kindling, lighting - the act of setting something on fire
   • incineration - the act of burning something completely; reducing it to ashes
   same as: combustion
2. is a type of: hurting, pain - a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
   same as: burn
3. is a type of: oxidation, oxidisation, oxidization - the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction
   subtypes:

   • deflagration - combustion that propagates through a gas or along the surface of an explosive at a rapid rate driven by the transfer of heat
   • fire, flame, flaming - the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
   • internal combustion - the combustion of fuel inside a cylinder (as in an internal-combustion engine)
   same as: combustion
4. is a type of: capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution - putting a condemned person to death
   same as: electrocution
5. is a type of: capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution - putting a condemned person to death
   subtypes: auto-da-fe - the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
   same as: burning at the stake
6. is a type of: torture, torturing - the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason

1. similar to: important, of import - of great significance or value

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