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frostbite

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1. frostbite - Noun

2. frostbite - Verb

Meaning

The freezing, or effect of a freezing, of some part of the body, as the ears or nose.

To expose to the effect of frost, or a frosty air; to blight or nip with frost.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Know how to treat frostbite until you can get indoors. Marilyn vos Savant

You're selfish and you're cold, and I'm tired of getting frostbite when I touch you. (Acheron) Sherrilyn Kenyon

Despite a lifetime of service to the cause of sexual liberation, I have never caught venereal disease, which makes me feel rather like an Arctic explorer who has never had frostbite. Germaine Greer

Additionally, medical evidence was presented at the trial that the cause of death was frostbite, not Sankin’s blows with a wooden stick. Source: Internet

After spending a night on the mountain, Weathers managed to find his way to camp 4 with massive frostbite and vision impaired due to snow blindness. Source: Internet

At times during winter freezes, the lake could be crossed on foot—though at risk of frostbite and deadly hypothermia from the cold wind moving unobstructed across flat expanses of ice. Source: Internet

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