Burst and Damage

Burst

Burst verb - To break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure.

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Damage and burst are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Damage" instead a verb "Burst".

Nearby Words: bursting, burster, bursty

Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

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Burst and damage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burst" instead a verb "Damage".

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

good	good burst	good damage
full	full burst	full damage
regular	regular burst	regular damage
moderate	moderate burst	moderate damage
Other adjectives: sheer, powerful, massive, large, big, extreme, enormous, huge, little, permanent, minor, extra, significant, tremendous, explosive, random, double, resulting, devastating.

All the enemies you fight had silly levels of resistance to its electrical type damage and due to the way the games burst fire mechanisms work the most basic SMG you could use would do more damage.

Source: Awesome But Impractical / Western RPG
Apart from that hiccup the trope is averted: An optimised melee sammy or adept with a katana or an axe will out-damage a gun user on a per-attack basis, but melee weapons can't burst-fire.

Source: Tabletop Game / Shadowrun
Takes this Up to Eleven in God Eater 2 and God Eater 2:Rage Burst,where the Charge Crush can be customized to either inflict more damage,or strike them in a different way.

Source: Franchise / God Eater aka: God Eater Burst

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