burn - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

damage inflicted by fire

Synonyms

• burn

More generic

• damage
• harm
• hurt
• scathe

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• scald

Noun

a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body)

Synonyms

• burn
• burn mark

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• blemish
• defect
• mar

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• cigarette burn

Noun

an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

Synonyms

• burn

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• harm
• hurt
• injury
• trauma

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• electric burn
• first-degree burn
• scald
• scorch
• second-degree burn
• singe
• third-degree burn

Noun

a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

Synonyms

• burn
• sunburn
• suntan
• tan

More generic

• hyperpigmentation

Noun

pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

Synonyms

• burn
• burning

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• hurting
• pain

Verb

get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

Synonyms

• burn
• sunburn

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• color
• colour
• discolor
• discolour

Verb

damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation

Synonyms

• burn

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• damage

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• blacken
• burn
• cauterise
• cauterize
• char
• scald
• scorch
• sear

Verb

burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent

Synonyms

• burn
• cauterise
• cauterize

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• burn
• care for
• treat

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• scorch
• sear

Verb

undergo combustion

Synonyms

• burn
• combust

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• change state
• turn

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• blaze
• blaze up
• burn down
• burn up
• deflagrate
• flame
• flame up
• flare
• go up
• scorch
• sear
• singe
• smolder
• smoulder

Related

• burn
• burn down
• fire

Verb

cause to undergo combustion

Synonyms

• burn
• incinerate

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• change integrity

Related

• burn
• burn down
• fire
• incinerate

Verb

destroy by fire

Synonyms

• burn
• burn down
• fire

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• destroy
• ruin

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• backfire
• cremate
• scorch
• torch

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• burn
• combust
• incinerate

Verb

use up (energy)

Synonyms

• burn
• burn off
• burn up

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• consume
• deplete
• eat
• eat up
• exhaust
• run through
• use up
• wipe out

Verb

create by duplicating data

Synonyms

• burn
• cut

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• create
• make
• produce

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• cut

Verb

feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion

Synonyms

• burn

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• experience
• feel

Verb

cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

Synonyms

• bite
• burn
• sting

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• ache
• hurt
• smart

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• nettle
• urticate

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• burn

Verb

feel hot or painful

Synonyms

• burn

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• ache
• hurt
• smart

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• bite
• burn
• sting

Verb

spend (significant amounts of money)

Synonyms

• burn

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• blow
• squander
• waste

Verb

execute by tying to a stake and setting alight

Synonyms

• burn

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• execute
• put to death

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• burn
• burn down
• fire

Verb

cause to burn or combust

Synonyms

• burn
• combust

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• char
• coal
• deflagrate
• ignite
• light
• set ablaze
• set afire
• set aflame
• set on fire

Related

• burn
• combust

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• catch fire
• combust
• conflagrate
• erupt
• ignite
• take fire

Verb

shine intensely, as if with heat

Synonyms

• burn
• glow

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• beam
• shine

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• gutter

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