burn away

Verb

Meaning

to remove or be removed by burning
The laser burned away the excess body hair.

(figuratively, by extension) to remove instantly and forcefully; to evaporate

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

vaporize incinerate combust burn down vaporise burnup

Examples

... so vast, so limitless in capacity is man's imagination to disperse and burn away the rubble-dross of fact and probability, leaving only truth and dream. William Faulkner

Something pure to burn away the darkness that hides inside my mind. Andrew Biersack

Poetry, I feel, is a tyrannical discipline. You've got to go so far, so fast, in such a small space, that you've got to burn away all the peripherals. Sylvia Plath

Close letter words and terms

burn burn artist burn at the stake burn bag burn barrel burn book