burn up
phrasal verb
burned up or burnt up; burning up; burns up
: to be destroyed or cause (something) to be destroyed by fire
Most asteroids burn up upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.
Wildfires have been raging across the region burning up acres of forest.
Do we still need these old receipts? No, burn them up.
Examples of burn up in a Sentence
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In most cases, dead satellites, spent rocket parts and other objects burn up completely in the atmosphere, but occasionally, some pieces survive the fiery journey.
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Denise Chow, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
This debris enters our atmosphere and burns up, creating the vivid displays characteristic of meteor showers.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
Houses and cars are seen completely burned up, with sounds of gunfire and clashes heard in the background.
—Kareem Khadder, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
When the Earth passes through the debris left behind by this comet, the particles burn up in our atmosphere, creating the meteor shower.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
Taking a brisk walk after a meal can burn up to 15% more calories than walking on an empty stomach.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
That pallet was expected to orbit Earth harmlessly for several years before burning up in the atmosphere, according to a NASA news release from 2021.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The second stage, which is not reusable, delivers the payload into orbit and then eventually falls back to earth and burns up in the atmosphere.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
There are many standards for measuring what equates to a ton of removed carbon, and several high-profile examples of projects that either burned up in wildfires themselves or were outright fraudulent.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Denise Chow, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
This debris enters our atmosphere and burns up, creating the vivid displays characteristic of meteor showers.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 16 Apr. 2024
Houses and cars are seen completely burned up, with sounds of gunfire and clashes heard in the background.
—Kareem Khadder, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
When the Earth passes through the debris left behind by this comet, the particles burn up in our atmosphere, creating the meteor shower.
—The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
Taking a brisk walk after a meal can burn up to 15% more calories than walking on an empty stomach.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 11 Apr. 2024
That pallet was expected to orbit Earth harmlessly for several years before burning up in the atmosphere, according to a NASA news release from 2021.
—Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The second stage, which is not reusable, delivers the payload into orbit and then eventually falls back to earth and burns up in the atmosphere.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2024
There are many standards for measuring what equates to a ton of removed carbon, and several high-profile examples of projects that either burned up in wildfires themselves or were outright fraudulent.
—Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Burn up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20up. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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