burn through

verb

To use up in a hasty or destructive manner.

“Near-synonyms: run through, get through, eat up”

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Meanings

verbburn through (third-person singular simple present burns through, present participle burning through, simple past and past participle burned through or burnt through)

present singular third person burns through · participle present burning through · participle past burned through · past burned through · participle past burnt through · past burnt through

  1. transitiveTo use up in a hasty or destructive manner.

    Near-synonyms: run through, get through, eat up

    1 more example

    With a taste for jewels and other extravagances, he also managed to burn through his £535,000 (about £60m by today's standards) inherited estate in just five years, bankrupting himself and dying from tuberculosis at the age of 29.

    2023 November 13, Rosalind Jana, “Saltburn and the bizarre life of Britain's stately homes”, in BBC

    Synonyms: run through, get through, eat up

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo use up in a hasty or destructive manner.

Similar
run throughget througheat up
Also see
burn offget throughrun through
Cite this entry
APA

burn through. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burn%20through

MLA

“burn through.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burn%20through. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burn through,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burn%20through.

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