Burn and Slash

Burn

Burn verb - To be on fire especially brightly.

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Slash and burn are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slash" instead a verb "Burn".

Nearby Words: burning, burned, burnt, burnout, burner

Slash verb - To penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife).

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Burn and slash are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burn" instead a verb "Slash".

Nearby Words: slashed, slashing

way	burn way	slash way
face	burn face	slash face
rope	burn rope	slash rope
card	burn card	slash card
Other words: target, hands, victims, bodies, enemies.

An achievement for the Spy, "Slash and Burn", is awarded if another player rage-switches to the Pyro class immediately after you kill him.

Source: Rage Quit
Many of the citizens in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City wear Nice Hats that never come off no matter how many time you beat, stab, slash, shoot, blast and burn them.

Source: Nice Hat / Video Games
He Who Fights Monsters: Stoick is well on his way, spouting slash-and-burn rhetoric towards the dragons and leading his men on an Ahab-esque quest to destroy the nest.

Source: Western Animation / How to Train Your Dragon

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