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Burn (injury)

An injury caused by heat, or the act of burning.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
Duplicate · right

Token burn

Permanently removing tokens from circulation by sending them to an unusable address.

First in use: the 2010s

Burn / Burn (injury) / Token burn

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Burns vs. destroying tokens.

Which meaning of Burn is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Burn (injury) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Token burn arrived in the 2010s. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Original · ancient / pre-modern

Burn (injury)

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Duplicate · the 2010s

Token burn

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