Usually means: Destruction of books by fire.
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  1. book burning: Merriam-Webster
  2. book-burning: Wordnik
  3. book-burning, book burning: Wiktionary
  4. book burning: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. book burning: Dictionary.com
  6. Book Burning, Book-burning, Book burning: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (book burning)

noun:  (literally) A mass burning of books, intended as a form of political and/or religious censorship.
noun:  (by extension, idiomatic) Any mass destruction, removal, or recalling of books, motion pictures, broadcasts, or electronic works as a form of censorship, especially motivated by religious or political objections to the material.

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