bɝnɪŋ bɜːnɪŋ bɝnɪŋ bɜːnɪŋ kəmˈbʌs.tʃən ɪˌlɛktɹəˈkjuːʃən the act of burning something the burning of leaves was prohibited by a town ordinance 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 of immediate import burning issues of the day a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light pain that feels hot as if it were on fire