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to burninate the weeds

to burninate the weeds

9.9
To burn weeds with fire to get rid of them, often said as a joke
  • phrasal verb
  • Slang
translation icon : quemar las malas hierbas
  • Some old farmers still prefer to burninate the weeds instead of using herbicides.

Examples

  • Every spring, we burninate the weeds to keep the garden clear.

  • If you burninate the weeds, be careful not to damage nearby plants.

  • Let's burninate the weeds in the garden!

  • I love to burninate the weeds on weekends.

  • In order to prepare for planting, we always burninate the weeds in the garden every spring.

  • During summer, I burninate the weeds to keep my backyard looking nice and tidy.

  • After a long day of gardening, we decided to burninate the weeds as a fun way to finish up for the day.

Synonyms

to burn down
vsto burninate the weeds
121 3.0

To destroy a building or object completely by fire

targets small unwanted plants and is used jokingly rather than destroying everything
to incinerate
vsto burninate the weeds
33 7.1

To burn things like documents or waste until they turn to ash

is used jokingly to remove small unwanted plants rather than formal total destruction
to burn up
vsto burninate the weeds
27 3.7

To be completely destroyed by fire

describes a deliberate removal of small unwanted plants with playful tone
to extinguish
vsto burninate the weeds
  • Offensive
13 7.7

Kill an entire group of people or animals so none are left

focuses on removing small unwanted plants using fire and is used jokingly
to burn off
vsto burninate the weeds
1 5.6

Clear land of plants by burning them

focuses on removing small unwanted plants and is used jokingly
to set aflame
vsto burninate the weeds
1 5.1

To make something start burning

aims to remove small unwanted plants completely and is used jokingly

Antonyms

to plant
361 1.0

To put seeds or young plants into the soil so they grow

to nurture
155 3.5

To care for and encourage someone or something to grow

How Thorough

to burninate the weeds
  • Slang
9.9
spray
110 2.2
to weed
62 1.6
hoe
16 1.0
to mow
85 1.0
to leave alone
∞ 2.3

Surface Forms

burninate the weeds infinitive
burninated the weeds past
burninated the weeds past participle
burninating the weeds present participle
burninates the weeds third person singular

Morphology

burninate + the + weed

Although 'burninate' is a nonce/humorous coinage, its meaning is transparently built from the verb 'burn' plus a common verb-forming ending, and 'the weeds' specifies the object. The construction therefore directly conveys 'to burn the weeds' in a playful way, so a B1 learner who knows 'burn' and 'weed' would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Burninate the weeds comes from a funny image of hot fire made from burn plus a made-up ending -inate. Imagine a comic dragon 'burninating' the land or someone burning all the weeds; that's why the phrase means 'to destroy weeds by burning them' and is often used as a joking, exaggerated way.