book-burning

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book-burning

noun book-burnings

  1. countable, uncountable The practice of destroying books by fire because of moral, religious or political objections to the material they contain.
  2. countable, uncountable An event where books are burned. […] only a month after 75 students there held a public bookburning of their student handbok for its gay content.

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noun event where books are burned

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@misc{book_burning_2026,
  title = {book-burning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/book-burning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}