burns
Wounds from heat
Burns are injuries caused by heat, fire, chemicals, electricity, or radiation: She treated the burns on her arm.
As a verb form, burns describes the process of combustion or destruction by fire: The candle burns slowly, That comment really burns me.
To say something burns is to say it stings or smarts.
In fitness, feel the burn refers to muscle fatigue during exercise. (Capitalized Burns is a Scottish surname, notably the poet Robert Burns.)
Start burning something
incinerate · combust · engulf · consume · scorch · sear · blacken · carbonize
Visible burning combustion
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- blazeIntense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
wildfire · bonfire · smoke · ash · charcoal · spark · campfire · incinerate
Fluid-filled skin swelling
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- scarPermanent mark from healing
- healingRestoration of health
- bandageWound covering strip
antiseptic · ointment · pain · trauma · inflammation · debridement · dressing · recovery
Intense emotional warmth
- desireIntense wanting
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- intensityStrength or force level
infatuation · obsession · torch · flame · smolder · consume · heartache · unrequited
Liquid vaporization temperature
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- kettleSpouted vessel for heating water
- teapotSteeping and serving vessel
- blisterFluid-filled skin swelling
painful · thermal · splash · soup · stew · cooking · shower · faucet
Wavelengths shorter than violet
- tanningCuring hides or bronzing
- sunscreenUV-blocking skin cream
- SPFUltraviolet defense measure
- peelingComing off in strips
blistering · melanoma · aloe · sunbathe · beach · rays · solar · sunstroke
Low-pH chemical compound
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- corrosionChemical wearing away
- alkaliAcid-neutralizing ionic compound
- reactiveTending to respond
sulfuric · hydrochloric · toxic · hazardous · industrial · laboratory · neutralization · lye
Medical radiation for cancer
- erythemaCutaneous vascular flushing
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- X-rayPenetrating diagnostic beam
- nuclearOf atomic energy
fallout · acute · chronic · dose · fractionation · side-effect
ignite
Start burning something
smolder · incinerate · combust · engulf · consume · scorch · sear · blacken · carbonize · singe
flames
Visible burning combustion
conflagration · wildfire · bonfire · smoke · ash · charcoal · spark · campfire · incinerate · torch
blister
Fluid-filled skin swelling
bandage · antiseptic · ointment · pain · trauma · inflammation · debridement · dressing · recovery · keloid
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
intensity · infatuation · obsession · torch · flame · smolder · consume · heartache · unrequited · devotion
boiling
Liquid vaporization temperature
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- kettleSpouted vessel for heating water
- teapotSteeping and serving vessel
blister · painful · thermal · splash · soup · stew · cooking · shower · faucet · grease
ultraviolet
Wavelengths shorter than violet
peeling · blistering · melanoma · aloe · sunbathe · beach · rays · solar · sunstroke · exposure
acid
Low-pH chemical compound
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- corrosionChemical wearing away
- alkaliAcid-neutralizing ionic compound
reactive · sulfuric · hydrochloric · toxic · hazardous · industrial · laboratory · neutralization · lye · bleach
radiotherapy
Medical radiation for cancer
- erythemaCutaneous vascular flushing
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
- X-rayPenetrating diagnostic beam
nuclear · fallout · acute · chronic · dose · fractionation · side-effect
- injuriesbruise, fracture, sprain, fractures, concussion
- hazardsfire hazard, fire hazards, toxin, contamination, tripping hazard
- health effectsillness, disease, injury, harm, damage
- home hazardscarbon monoxide, electrical fire, faulty wiring, frayed wires, gas leak
- hurtsaches, cuts, wounds, injures, harms
- Kitchen Dangerscuts, fires, scalding, knife cuts, grease fire
burnsfrostbite
Freezing of body tissue
freezes · chills · hypothermia · ice burn · freezer burn
burnsextinguishes
Causes to stop burning
quenches · douses · smothers · puts out · suffocates
- burn downDestroy by fire
- burned outExhausted from overexertion
- burned downDestroyed by fire
- burn outExhaust through overwork
- burning upIntensely overheated
- burn upConsume with flames
burn, burning, burnt, burned, burner, burnable, burners, unburned, unburnable