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scald

verb as in burn

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Then she very nearly scalded herself in the newfangled bathtub, and had to be lifted out red faced and yelling by two terrified ladies’ maids.

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“Meanwhile, Petaluma Poultry faces no consequences for leaving sick animals to die or scalding animals alive.”

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According to the suit, the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner ruled Johnson’s cause of death to be severe scalding due to burns on more than 33% of his body.

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Others were burned with scalding water or hung upside down in a wardrobe.

At the time of the incident, the Prison Officers Association said the staff sustained life-threatening injuries including burns, scalds and stab wounds in an "unprovoked" and "vicious" attack.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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