Burn
Burn noun - A natural body of running water smaller than a river.
Both words in one sentence
- Similarly, OneRepublic's "Counting Stars" repeats the line "Take that money, watch it burn, sink to the river the lessons I've learned".
Source: Looped Lyrics -
Avatar: The Last Airbender: In one episode, Aang taunts Admiral Zhao so Zhao will get increasingly angry and burn his fleet of river boats with errant fire blasts.
Source: You Fight Like a Cow -
And sometimes burn the body to ashes and toss said ashes into a fast-flowing river.
Source: Rasputinian Death
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River and Burn. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/burn/river
Burn & River. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/burn/river>.
River or Burn. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/burn/river.
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