Growing up I was never allowed to burn things in sight of the house.

You can also burn, scorch, sear things without meaning to.

Still, it's better than at Reading, where people just burn things.

Clearly it is possible to make a small laser that can burn things, as seen here:

A. The really bad thing we did way back when was starting to burn things in the atmosphere to get energy.

They had a big fire going-they certainly liked to burn things!

"Arlington Park" is the kind of book that makes you burn things on the stove and berate your husband.

More importantly, "we don't want to burn things in the first instance.

Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, we have been burning things in large quantities.

It can also be used by ascetics to burn other beings or things.