burning

Adjective

• of immediate import
  • burning issues of the day
    

Noun

• a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

• execution by fire

• execution by electricity

• a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

• pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

• the act of burning something
  • the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  burning(a) , burning at the stake , electrocution , combustion , burn