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burned-over
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective burned-over has 1 sense
- burned-over(s = adj.all) burned, burned-out, burnt, burnt-out - destroyed or badly damaged by fire; "a row of burned houses"; "a charred bit of burnt wood"; "a burned-over site in the forest"; "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"
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