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

Recent Examples on the Web

The fires have burned up to 390,000 acres and caused at least three deaths in the last week alone. —Meredith Kile, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025

These unexplored altitudes are also where satellites burn up during their reentries and where the air pollution produced during their incineration accumulates. —Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2025

When our planet crosses through such a path, these bits of rock and dust burn up in our atmosphere in a glorious spectacle. —Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2025

There are no outages on the White River Electric Association website, although Kelley said the power line to her home burned up, which will delay a return. —Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 8 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for burn up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup