Usually means: Nuclear fusion of silicon into iron.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (silicon burning)

noun:  (physics, astronomy) the nucleosynthesis process, in stars where temperatures exceed 3x10⁹K, in which silicon undergoes photodisintegration to form fragments which in turn produce elements of atomic number up to 60, peaking at iron

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