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Collocations for burn - noun

ADJECTIVE

horrific (esp. BrE), nasty, serious, severe, terrible
minor, slight, superficial
first-degree, second-degree, etc.
chemical, cigarette

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VERB + burn

get, suffer
cause
die from
treat, treat sb for

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burn + NOUN

mark
wound
injury
burn victim (esp. AmE), burns victim (BrE)
burn center (AmE), burns centre (BrE)

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PHRASES

20%, 50%, etc. burns
He was treated in the hospital for 60% burns.

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PREPOSITION

burn on
a slight burn on the back of her hand

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Collocations for burn - verb

1. damage/injure by fire/heat

ADVERB

badly, seriously, severely
completely
The car was found abandoned in the woods, completely burned out.
partially
easily
fair skin that burns easily
down, out
The factory burned down last year.

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PHRASES

be burned alive
be burned at the stake
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.
be burned to ashes, be burned to a cinder, be burned to a crisp
The tower was struck by lightning and was burned to a cinder.
be burned to death, burn to death
Several people were burned to death.
be burned to the ground
The building was burned to the ground.

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2. be on fire

ADVERB

fiercely
The fire was still burning fiercely.
steadily
slowly
Fresh leaves will burn slowly with billows of smoke.

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PHRASES

burn out of control

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3. produce light

ADVERB

brightly
Their torches burned brightly in the dark.

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4. be filled with strong feeling

ADVERB

fiercely
Her eyes burned fiercely.
slowly
She could sense the anger burning slowly inside him.

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PREPOSITION

with
He was burning with indignation.

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Burn is used with these nouns as the subject:
acid, ambition, bonfire, candle, cheek, chest, cigar, cigarette, coal, eye, face, fire, flame, flare, furnace, fury, incense, lamp, lantern, log, lung, mob, muscle, petrol, rage, skin, sun, tear, throat, torch, wood

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Burn is used with these nouns as the object:
calorie, carbohydrate, CD, CD-ROM, charcoal, coal, coke, disc, disk, DVD, fat, file, flag, fuel, hole, incense, lung, mouth, music, oil, remains, skin, throat, toast, waste, wood

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