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I . burn <burnt [or -ed], burnt [or -ed]> [bɜːrn, Brit bɜːn] VB intr

2. burn lamp, lights:

II . burn <burnt [or -ed], burnt [or -ed]> [bɜːrn, Brit bɜːn] VB trans

2. burn (use as fuel):

III . burn [bɜːrn, Brit bɜːn] N

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At age four, she suffered severe burns over more than 20 percent of her body when her brother accidentally set fire to her nightgown.
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Burns's varied style and individuality make him difficult to categorise.
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He had second- and third-degree burns to 46 percent of his body, including his face and hands.
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The door shows marks, which have the appearance of burns caused by candle flames, which the credulous associate with the devil's fingerprints.
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Moldy bread, honey and copper salts were also used to prevent infection from dirt in burns.
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As a baby, she was left too close to a stove and suffered severe burns to both feet, which were subsequently amputated.
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Max burns the paper with the number and blithely performs an impromptu trepanning on himself in the right cerebral hemisphere with a power drill.
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No explosion from the acetylene and oxygen cylinders occurred but one man suffered burns from the fire.
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Burns escaped from the chain gang with the help of another inmate who struck his restraints with a sledgehammer, bending and weakening them.
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Participants risk suffering frostbite-like symptoms and second or third-degree burns.
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