book burning

collocation in English

meaningsofbookandburning

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book
noun
uk
/bʊk/us
/bʊk/
a written text that can be published in printed or ...
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burning
adjective
uk
/ˈbɜː.nɪŋ/us
/ˈbɝː.nɪŋ/
producing ...
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(Definition ofbookandburningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The next few scenes show abookburningdemonstration and other famous works being burned that are declared illegal by the state.
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Here, paramilitary marches took place and it was the site of abookburningin 1933.
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Bookburningis usually carried out in public, and is generally motivated by moral, religious, or political objections to the material.
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Bookburningcan be emblematic of a harsh and oppressive regime which is seeking to censor or silence an aspect of a nation's culture.
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Some supporters have celebratedbookburningcases in art and other media.
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She was the subject ofbookburningrites and was threatened with excommunication in the 1960s.
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Events escalate until an attemptedbookburningensues.
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The broadcast repeatedly displayed footage ofbookburning, sometimes accompanied by audio of a crowd chanting heretic.
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Deliberate destruction of works may be termed literary crime or literary vandalism (seebookburning).
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The novel has been the subject of interpretations primarily focusing on the historical role ofbookburningin suppressing dissenting ideas.
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The campaign begins with songs and slogans, but eventually turns to violence andbookburning.
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Politically, the time was approaching complete censorship andbookburning.
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However, freedom of expression can be limited through censorship, arrests,bookburning, or propaganda, and this tends to discourage freedom of thought.
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Bookburningcan be an act of contempt for the book's contents or author, and the act is intended to draw wider public attention to this opinion.
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