burn-up
noun
a period of fast driving
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burn-up
Britishnoun
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
Should it burn up, it could not be immediately replaced.
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
When dust and gases from these objects enter our atmosphere, they burn up and create the bright streaks we know as shooting stars.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
Meteors appear as glowing streaks when tiny bits of dust, pebbles, or rock burn up while entering Earth's atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2025
Ruth May is so intent on winning Hide and Seek, or any game for that matter, she would probably go ahead and burn up before she’d ever yell and give herself away.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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