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Opposite of 'Burn'



 
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Opposite of 'Burn' #1 (permalink) Mon Oct 23, 2006 23:04 pm   Opposite of 'Burn'
 

Hi

Could you please tell me if the following expression sounds OK to you? May I ask you to complete it by using the opposite of burn?

(As a complaint to someone who has given you extreme amount of mental torture--the suffering is too slow and painful)

1- You have set such fire to me in which I neither burn completely nor--------, only keep smouldering slowly and painfully.

Is it OK? What should be the opposite of burn?

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Fiery love #2 (permalink) Tue Oct 24, 2006 13:22 pm   Fiery love
 

Ouch!

How about 'quench'?

May I also suggest a little rephrasing?

You have set such a fire in me that it neither/never burns completely, nor can/will it be quenched. All it does is keep smouldering slowly and painfully (or: in slow and painful agony).

A mere suggestion, as I said. Perhaps someone else can improve it?
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Opposite of 'Burn' #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 24, 2006 13:48 pm   Opposite of 'Burn'
 

Quench is a good option. But I`d rather go for die out, or maybe become extinct.
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Opposite of 'Burn' #4 (permalink) Tue Oct 24, 2006 14:08 pm   Opposite of 'Burn'
 

Here's my two cents' worth:

I really like Conchita's idea: quench. :D
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Opposite of 'Burn' #5 (permalink) Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:27 am   Opposite of 'Burn'
 

Conchita wrote:
All it does is keep smouldering slowly and painfully (or: in slow and painful agony).


Thanks Conchita and Amy.

I was just wondering if a fire could also burn in slow and painful agony :?: :!: :?:
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Agonising fire #6 (permalink) Wed Oct 25, 2006 10:26 am   Agonising fire
 

The same question had popped into my mind! Well, we don't really know, do we? Anyway, bearing in mind that anything goes in poetry, the idea might not be so incongruous after all.
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