Burn up

Near-synonyms: go up in smoke; see also Thesaurus:combust

The rocket may burn up on reentry.

Before daylight, when the dragon flew home to sleep, he had burned up the hall and even the throne of the Geatish king.

Near-synonyms: incense; see also Thesaurus:enrage, Thesaurus:annoy

His thoughtlessness really burns me up.

One morning […] we stood around the office talking and laughing, having a good time, when one man, Tim, made a job ^([sic]) about "fags." Right then we had to leave, and soon we were warming up our cars on the street. Naturally I was burning up about the comment, and decided to do something about it, though even as I got out of my car to walk up to Tim's, I wasn't sure what.

Near-synonyms: steam, swelter

It's the middle of summer; I know it's going to be burning up outside.

Now that we've been walking awhile, I'm burning up in this coat! Time to take it off.

She felt the child's forehead and discovered that he was burning up!