Burnt and Fired

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Burnt adjective - Destroyed or badly damaged by fire.

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Fired and burnt are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fired" instead an adjective "Burnt".

Nearby Words: burn, burning, burned

Fired adjective - Having lost your job.

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Burnt and fired are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burnt" instead an adjective "Fired".

Nearby Words: fire, firing

The Thing That Would Not Leave: Patty and Selma are this in one issue, after being fired and finding their flat burnt down.

Source: Comicbook / The Simpsons
Pyotr retorts by reminding him of Otrepyev's fate: Thrown from a window, cut to pieces, burnt, and fired from a cannon.

Source: Literature / The Captain's Daughter

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