burn-up
noun
a period of fast driving
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burn-up
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burn up
Idioms
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burn someone up . Make angry or very irritated, as in Arthur was really burned up at his son for denting the new car , or Those careless drivers just burn me up . [ Colloquial ; c. 1920]
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Travel very fast, as in This car will burn up the road . [1940s]
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Easily surpass or outdo, as in They'll burn up the other teams . [ Slang ; late 1970s]
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"The process is akin to atmospheric burn-up when a satellite re-enters the Earth's upper atmosphere, but has extended over a period of a billion years," he said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2025
According to Nasa, the ISS will "perform a detailed investigation" on how the debris survived burn-up.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2024
The ability to achieve high burn-up rates at atmospheric pressure was desirable.
From Forbes ● Sep. 22, 2014
Some proposals that have been floated for ADR include targeted laser systems to nudge debris into atmospheric burn-up or spacecraft equipped with tethers or nets to drag pieces of debris out of orbit.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 31, 2011
The initial rate of burn-up was only 50 tons a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
And when space debris re-enters the atmosphere, scientists are on stand-by to issue alerts for objects which may not burn up before landfall.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
But with that pro came a con -- at such an altitude, the device without its own propulsion would eventually drift closer to Earth and burn up in the atmosphere.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Another worry is soot, created when fuel burns and when plastic satellite parts burn up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The Van Allen Probe A, which launched in 2012, is expected mostly to burn up as it travels through the atmosphere, though some components may survive.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The roofs burn up because they are all made out of sticks and hay like the Three Little Pigs.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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