Burns
Burns noun - Celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796).
Defeats
Both words in one sentence
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He was brought into Grant Morrison's Batman run, where Bruce Wayne defeats him using Shrimp Scampi sauce, which burns his fingers.
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When Snake defeats Big Boss with a makeshift flamethrower, he burns to death like any other person (he did get better).
Source: Robotic Reveal - What defeats her in the end is when Hotaru herself beats (or rather, burns) Mistress 9 out of her from within, causing the alien to explode and reveal Hotaru as the newly-awoken Sailor Saturn.
Source: Beat the Curse Out of Him
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