burnt-out
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adjective
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| burnt-out | |
adjective | |
| 1. | exhausted as a result of longtime stress; "she was burned-out before she was 30" [syn: burned-out] |
| 2. | inoperative as a result of heat or friction; "a burned-out picture tube" [syn: burned-out] |
| 3. | destroyed or badly damaged by fire; "a row of burned houses"; "a charred bit of burnt wood"; "a burned-over site in the forest"; "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars" [syn: burned] |
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Burnt-out
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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The discovery of a burnt-out van reignites the investigation.
We're all screwed, human civilization is doomed, and our planet will be reduced to a burnt-out cinder.
Burnt-out cases proliferate, as drug-traffic cops wage a no-win war.
Your challenge is to turn your burnt-out industrial hometown into a thriving, sustainable community.
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