Burn-bag
a special bag into which discarded secret or sensitive documents are placed for burning.
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- Finger
any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb. a part of a glove made to receive a finger. the breadth of a finger as a unit of measurement; digit. the length of a finger: approximately 4½ inches (11 cm). Slang. an informer or spy. something like a finger in […]
- Burn-in
to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate. (of a fireplace, furnace, etc.) to contain a fire. to feel heat or a physiologically similar sensation; feel pain from or as if from a fire: […]
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- Burn-into
Make an indelible impression on, as in An event like the Holocaust burns into the minds of all the survivors, or The scene was burned into her memory. This expression alludes to such processes as etching or engraving, where a caustic substance bites into a solid plate to make a design. [ Early 1800s ]