Burn
Burn verb - To cause to believe what is untrue.
Usage example: he's been burned before, so he's careful to double-check such claims now
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But if you really crank out the level-grinding or use a cheat device to max out your stats and equipment, you can burn through all that HP and cause Kain to be "killed" on the battle screen.
Source: Fission Mailed - Dragons can't be punched out unless they're absolutely dumb, because they have Edge and can burn it in the same ways as PCs and then some, and one of those uses is to cheat death, notwithstanding the Chunky Salsa Rule.
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Adding insult to injury in the 2002 Remake, if gamers decide to cheat it into their inventory, they'll find it has absolutely no effect on zombies: not only was it not coded to do any damage but can't even be used to burn their corpses.
Source: Videogame Flamethrowers Suck
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Cheat and Burn. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/burn/cheat
Burn & Cheat. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/burn/cheat>.
Cheat or Burn. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/burn/cheat.
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