Usually means: Exceed someone else in burning.
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  1. outburn: Merriam-Webster
  2. outburn: Collins English Dictionary
  3. outburn: Wordnik
  4. outburn: Wiktionary
  5. Outburn: Dictionary.com
  6. Outburn: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. outburn: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Outburn: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. outburn: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Outburn: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (outburn)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To burn away; be consumed by fire.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To exceed in burning; burn longer than.

Similar:
underburn, burn, forburn, unburn, burn up, burn out, burn away, burn off, burn through, eburnate, more...

Opposite:
underburn, conserve, save, preserve

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Similar:
underburn, burn, forburn, unburn, burn up, burn out, burn away, burn off, burn through, eburnate, more...

Opposite:
underburn, conserve, save, preserve



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