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Burning bush

The burning bush, in the biblical narrative of Exodus 3, burned with fire without being consumed, and from it God revealed his name and commissioned Moses to free Israel.

Burning Down the House

"Burning Down the House" is a 1983 Talking Heads song from Speaking in Tongues, their only US Top 10 hit (No. 9 Billboard). Title from a Parliament-Funkadelic Madison Square Garden chant; lyrics built from nonsense syllables by David Byrne.

Burning feet syndrome

Burning feet syndrome, or Grierson-Gopalan syndrome, is burning, painful feet that worsen at night, usually from peripheral neuropathy, especially diabetes; also linked to vitamin deficiencies, including pantothenic acid and excess B6.

Burning Flames (烈焰 (电视剧))

Burning Flames (烈焰), also titled 烈焰之武庚纪, is a 2024 40-episode iQIYI Chinese fantasy drama adapted from the animation Wu Geng Ji and comic Feng Shen Ji, starring Ren Jialun as enslaved prince Wu Geng who leads humans against the god clan; aired March 13 to April 3, 2024, amid costume controversy and a script-theft accusation.

Burning Heart Records

Burning Heart Records, Swedish punk and hardcore label founded by Peter "Babs" Ahlqvist in Örebro (founding dated 1993 or 1991), home of Millencolin, Refused, and The Hives; majority-owned by Epitaph, closed 2010, revived 2014.

Burning Ice (无证之罪)

Burning Ice (无证之罪) is a 2017 iQIYI Chinese crime suspense web series, 12 episodes, adapted from Zijin Chen's novel, directed by Lü Xing, starring Qin Hao; China's first social-school reasoning web drama.

Burning Love

Burning Love is a 1972 Dennis Linde song first recorded by Arthur Alexander and made famous by Elvis Presley, who recorded it in March 1972; it peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 7 in the UK, his final US Top 10 hit.

Burning Love (2012 TV series)

Burning Love (2012-2013) is an American comedy web series parodying The Bachelor, created by Erica Oyama, directed by and starring Ken Marino as firefighter Mark Orlando, on Yahoo! Screen and E!, with Ben Stiller executive producing.

Burning Man

Burning Man is an annual weeklong arts and community event in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, building temporary Black Rock City since 1990 after starting on Baker Beach in 1986; guided by the Ten Principles, no vending except ice, about 80,000 attendees.

Burning Man Decompression 2026

Burning Man Decompression 2026, titled Oakland Edition! Vol II, is a one-day Burning Man community party at The Loom in Oakland on October 17, 2026.

Burning mouth syndrome

Burning mouth syndrome (BMS), also called glossodynia or stomatodynia, is a chronic intraoral burning pain with normal mucosa and no identifiable cause, most common in postmenopausal women, linked to small fiber neuropathy, and best treated with clonazepam.

Burning of books and burying of scholars

Fenshu kengru (焚書坑儒): the 213 BCE Qin burning of the Odes, Documents, and hundred schools' texts on Li Si's proposal, and the disputed 212 BCE live burial of 460 scholars under Qin Shi Huang.

Burning of Jan Hus

The burning of Jan Hus was the execution by fire of the Czech priest and reformer Jan Hus, condemned as a heretic by the Council of Constance in 1415.

Burning of Persepolis

The Burning of Persepolis (سقوط تخت جمشید) was the deliberate burning of Persepolis's palaces by Alexander the Great's troops in the spring of 330 BC.

Burning of skin

Burning of skin (ICD-11 ME65.0) is a cutaneous symptom of burning sensation with no identified cause, grouped with itching, stinging, and tingling under disturbances of skin sensation of unspecified aetiology.

Burning of the codices under Itzcoatl

The burning of the codices under Itzcoatl (Quema de los códices por Itzcóatl) was the destruction of earlier Mexica pictorial books in Tenochtitlan, ordered so a new official history could be written.

Burning of the Old Summer Palace

The burning of the Old Summer Palace was the plunder and destruction of the Qing emperor's Yuanmingyuan and other imperial gardens in Beijing by Anglo-French troops in October 1860.

Burning of Washington

The Burning of Washington (August 24-25, 1814) was the British capture and burning of the U.S. capital during the War of 1812, destroying the Capitol, White House, and other public buildings, widely framed as retaliation for the American burning of York, Upper Canada, in 1813.

Burning off

Burning off (also burn-off) is the American TV practice of quickly airing unaired episodes of a cancelled or soon-to-be-cancelled series in low-profile slots like Saturday nights and summer, to meet contracts, recover ad revenue, and clear accounting inventory.

Burning Orchards

Burning Orchards (Ayrvogh aygestanner) is the only novel of Armenian writer Gurgen Mahari, published in 1966 and set in Van before the 1915 Armenian defense.

Burning Paradise

Burning Paradise (火燒紅蓮寺, Huo shao hong lian si) is a 1994 Hong Kong wuxia film directed by Ringo Lam, produced by Tsui Hark, starring Willie Chi as Fong Sai-yuk; a box-office flop loosely remaking the 1928 Red Lotus Temple serial.

Burning plasma

A burning plasma is a fusion plasma in which self-heating by alpha particles provides at least 50 percent of the heating, first achieved at the NIF in 2021.

Burning Spear

Burning Spear, stage name of Jamaican roots reggae singer Winston Rodney (born 1945, Saint Ann's Bay), defined roots reggae from Studio One and the 1975 Marcus Garvey album onward, winning Best Reggae Album Grammys for Calling Rastafari and Jah Is Real.

Burning Sun scandal

Burning Sun scandal: 2019 South Korean scandal around the Gangnam nightclub co-run by BIGBANG's Seungri, involving drugs, prostitution, illegal spycam chatrooms, police bribery and collusion; Jung Joon-young received 6 years, Choi Jong-hoon 5 years.

Burnley

Burnley is a Lancashire mill town on the River Brun and Calder, once a major cotton-weaving center; home of Queen Street Mill, Turf Moor, the Weavers' Triangle, and among England's most deprived yet most affordable districts.

Burnley F.C.

Burnley F.C., the Clarets, English club founded 1882 from Burnley Rovers rugby club, at Turf Moor since 1883, Football League founder member 1888, First Division champions 1920-21 and 1959-60, FA Cup winners 1914, owned by ALK Capital's Alan Pace.

Burnout (series)

Burnout: Criterion Games' arcade racing series (2001-2008), known for risk-based boost, Crash Mode, and Takedowns; Burnout 3: Takedown (2004) is its best-reviewed entry, Burnout Paradise (2008) the last mainline game.

Burnout 3: Takedown

Burnout 3: Takedown is a 2004 Criterion Games arcade racer for PS2 and Xbox, published by EA, built around takedowns, Road Rage, 100 crash junctions, and a 173-medal World Tour; Metacritic 94.

Burnout Paradise

Burnout Paradise: 2008 open-world arcade racer by Criterion Games for PS3 and Xbox 360 (PC 2009), set in Paradise City with Showtime crash mode, 120 traffic-light event starts, and 8-player Freeburn online; Metascore 88; Remastered 2018.

Burnout Syndrome (ภาวะรักคนหมดไฟ)

Burnout Syndrome (ภาวะรักคนหมดไฟ, Phawa Rak Khon Mot Fai) is a 2025 Thai BL series by GMMTV, adapted from JittiRain's novel, directed by Anucha Boonyawatana, starring Off Jumpol, Gun Atthaphan, and Dew Jirawat in a love triangle; 10 episodes on GMM25 and iQIYI, November 2025 to February 2026. Not the medical condition.