"burn away" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "burns away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burning away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burned away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burned away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burnt away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burnt away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "past2": "burnt away"
      },
      "expansion": "burn away (third-person singular simple present burns away, present participle burning away, simple past and past participle burned away or burnt away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fire",
          "orig": "en:Fire",
          "parents": [
            "Combustion",
            "Light sources",
            "Chemical processes",
            "Light",
            "Nature",
            "Energy",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The laser burned away the excess body hair.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove or be removed by burning."
      ],
      "id": "en-burn_away-en-verb-6IAVy-4w",
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "burn",
          "burn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ergative) To remove or be removed by burning."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ergative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (away)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, chapter 13, in A Promised Land, Crown",
          "text": "In fact, McChrystal's whole manner was that of someone who's burned away frivolity and distractions from his life.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to remove instantly and forcefully; to evaporate"
      ],
      "id": "en-burn_away-en-verb-SFE3u8Ir",
      "links": [
        [
          "forcefully",
          "forcefully"
        ],
        [
          "evaporate",
          "evaporate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, by extension) to remove instantly and forcefully; to evaporate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "burn away"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (away)",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Fire"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "burns away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burning away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burned away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burned away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burnt away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "burnt away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*",
        "past2": "burnt away"
      },
      "expansion": "burn away (third-person singular simple present burns away, present participle burning away, simple past and past participle burned away or burnt away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English ergative verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The laser burned away the excess body hair.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove or be removed by burning."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "burn",
          "burn"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ergative) To remove or be removed by burning."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ergative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, chapter 13, in A Promised Land, Crown",
          "text": "In fact, McChrystal's whole manner was that of someone who's burned away frivolity and distractions from his life.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to remove instantly and forcefully; to evaporate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "forcefully",
          "forcefully"
        ],
        [
          "evaporate",
          "evaporate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, by extension) to remove instantly and forcefully; to evaporate"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "burn away"
}