#to burn

• To burn — To be destroyed or consumed by fire, to be in a state of combustion, emitting heat and light; to subject an object to the action of high temperatures (baking, calcination, sterilization). In a medical or physiological sense, it means to produce a stinging sensation, high fever, or acute pain similar to a thermal burn, while figuratively it expresses an intense desire, consuming passion, or extreme haste.
• To reduce to ashes — To burn completely until total transformation into ashes or cinders; to destroy through fire the structural elements of an object. As a reflexive verb, it describes the slow or sudden process through which an organic material carbonizes or crumbles due to excessive heat, becoming brittle and devoid of consistency.