Mustard gas easily penetrates leather and fabric to inflict painful burns on the skin.

What do you do when somebody inflicts burns on your body strong enough to singe flesh?

Sparks flew everywhere, inflicting nasty little burns and breaking concentration all over the deck.

Electricity can set fires, and radio waves, too intense, will inflict burns.

Devastated, Matt turns to meth and accidentally blows up the motel he is staying in, inflicting severe burns on his body.

The melting effect did not appear to involve heat, but when used on a human being, the beam inflicts burns as opposed to truly melting.

He leaned against the bulkhead, suddenly exhausted, no longer caring if the hot metal was capable of inflicting real or imaginary burns.

Resiniferatoxin is toxic and can inflict chemical burns.

Other substances relied on their chemical properties to inflict burns or damage.

For a moment he froze, trying to figure out some way of burning the ropes off without inflicting third-degree burns on his wrists and hands.