"burnt away" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to refer to something (e.g. a material) that has been damaged and consumed by fire, or to a feeling or idea that has been worn away over time. For example: The fire quickly burnt away all of the dry wood. Over the years, his fear of heights had gradually burnt away.
I feel that I do, that I am vaporized metal, electricity, air, that I could be a bright hot gas flame with all of my senses burnt away by fear, burnt away by myself".
In these late drawings, the besetting sin of British pre-Raphaelitism - its well-upholstered sentimentality - is of necessity burnt away.
The entire field bent to Farah's racing will, allowing him to bunch them in, then finding themselves burnt away by his finishing speed.
Fylingdales Moor, North Yorkshire cup-marked boulder Around 200 rock art panels can be found on Fylingdales Moor, up to 80 of which were revealed after a fire in 2003 burnt away heather over a wide area.
I simply had to show him that small painting of the Madonna and Child that the Met had paid shocking millions for, with its original wood frame partially burnt away by votive candles.
After lightning has struck the barn, Miss Bridie "searched through the ash when the rains quelled the fire, and she found her shovel blade with the handle burnt away.
A few yards away, the burnt out husk of former President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party headquarters is a reminder of a different possible fate.
Yet while Belushi burnt out, and Aykroyd faded away, Murray matured into the finest wine.
A silver Vauxhall Cavalier was found burnt out a short distance away at Fahan shortly after the attack.
"I can be quite forgetful," he whispers, "so it's actually quite good to have something to lift the smells of burnt food away".
Remove the capsicum from the bag and carefully peel the burnt skin away.
