"burn someone at the stake" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: burns someone at the stake [present, singular, third-person], burning someone at the stake [participle, present], burned someone at the stake [participle, past], burned someone at the stake [past], burnt someone at the stake [participle, past], burnt someone at the stake [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|burn<,,burned:burnt> someone at the stake}} burn someone at the stake (third-person singular simple present burns someone at the stake, present participle burning someone at the stake, simple past and past participle burned someone at the stake or burnt someone at the stake)
  1. (historical) To execute (someone) by tying them to a post and setting a fire beneath them. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Death
    Sense id: en-burn_someone_at_the_stake-en-verb-WY4BXIUf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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