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S: (n) tan, suntan, sunburn, burn (a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun)
S: (n) burn (an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation)

S: (n) electric burn (a burn caused by heat produced by an electric current)
S: (n) scorch, singe (a surface burn)
S: (n) scald (a burn cause by hot liquid or steam)
S: (n) first-degree burn (burn causing redness of the skin surface)
S: (n) second-degree burn (burn causing blisters on the skin and superficial destruction of the dermis)
S: (n) third-degree burn (burn characterized by destruction of both epidermis and dermis)

S: (n) burn, burn mark (a place or area that has been burned (especially on a person's body))
S: (n) burn (damage inflicted by fire)

S: (v) burn, fire, burn down (destroy by fire) "They burned the house and his diaries"
S: (v) burn, glow (shine intensely, as if with heat) "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"
S: (v) burn, combust (undergo combustion) "Maple wood burns well"
S: (v) bite, sting, burn (cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort) "The sun burned his face"
S: (v) burn, combust (cause to burn or combust) "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
S: (v) burn (feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion) "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"
S: (v) burn, incinerate (cause to undergo combustion) "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
S: (v) burn (execute by tying to a stake and setting alight) "Witches were burned in Salem"
S: (v) burn (spend (significant amounts of money)) "He has money to burn"
S: (v) burn (feel hot or painful) "My eyes are burning"

S: (v) cauterize, cauterise, burn (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent) "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
S: (v) sunburn, burn (get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun)
S: (v) cut, burn (create by duplicating data) "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
S: (v) burn off, burn, burn up (use up (energy)) "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"

S: (v) burn (damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation) "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

S: (v) damage (inflict damage upon) "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

S: (v) burn (damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation) "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"

S: (v) scald (burn with a hot liquid or steam) "She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out"
S: (v) cauterize, cauterise, burn (burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent) "The surgeon cauterized the wart"
S: (v) char, blacken, sear, scorch (burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color) "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling"

S: (v) frost (damage by frost) "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown"
S: (v) bilge (cause to leak) "the collision bilged the vessel"
S: (v) break (render inoperable or ineffective) "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"
S: (v) total (damage beyond the point of repair) "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert"
S: (v) bruise (damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure) "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
S: (v) disturb (damage as if by shaking or jarring) "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
S: (v) afflict, smite (cause physical pain or suffering in) "afflict with the plague"

S: (v) visit (assail) "He was visited with a terrible illness that killed him quickly"
S: (v) blight, plague (cause to suffer a blight) "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold"

S: (v) hurt, injure (cause damage or affect negatively) "Our business was hurt by the new competition"
S: (v) impair (make worse or less effective) "His vision was impaired"
S: (v) flaw, blemish (add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective)
S: (v) corrode, eat, rust (cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid) "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
S: (v) erode, eat away, fret (remove soil or rock) "Rain eroded the terraces"

S: (v) wash (form by erosion) "The river washed a ravine into the mountainside"

S: (v) mutilate, mangle, cut up (destroy or injure severely) "The madman mutilates art work"
S: (v) shatter (damage or destroy) "The news of her husband's death shattered her life"
S: (v) mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate (make imperfect) "nothing marred her beauty"

S: (v) defile, sully, corrupt, taint, cloud (place under suspicion or cast doubt upon) "sully someone's reputation"
S: (v) deface, disfigure, blemish (mar or spoil the appearance of) "scars defaced her cheeks"; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

S: (v) maul, mangle (injure badly by beating)
S: (v) scar, mark, pock, pit (mark with a scar) "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"

S: (v) pockmark (mark with or as if with pockmarks) "Her face was pockmarked by the disease"
S: (v) cicatrize, cicatrise (form a scar, after an injury) "the skin will cicatrize and it will heal soon"

S: (v) whittle away, whittle down, wear away (cut away in small pieces)
S: (v) bang up, smash up, smash (damage or destroy as if by violence) "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"

S: (v) change, alter, modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation) "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"