See scald in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "izgoreno mjasto",
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"word": "изгорено място"
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"sense": "burn with hot liquid",
"word": "燙傷"
},
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"roman": "tàngshāng",
"sense": "burn with hot liquid",
"word": "烫伤"
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},
{
"code": "he",
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"sense": "burn with hot liquid",
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"feminine"
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"word": "כווייה"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "burn with hot liquid",
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},
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"word": "ожо́г"
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"code": "es",
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"word": "quemadura"
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{
"code": "es",
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"text": "Would it not grieue a King to be so abuſ’d?\nAnd haue a thouſand horſmen tane away?\nAnd which is worſe to haue his Diadem\nSought for by ſuch ſcalde knaues as loue him not?",
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