burnup

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burnup

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Deverbal from burn up.

noun burnups

countable, uncountable A measure of the consumption of fuel in a nuclear reactor.
countable, dated, uncountable A high-speed ride in or on a motorcycle or other vehicle. He went for a burnup on the motorway

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"burnup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/burnup. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"burnup." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/burnup.

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@misc{burnup_2026,
  title = {burnup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/burnup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}