burn up

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

Only then can the system lower its orbit, ensuring both objects burn up safely during re-entry. — Alan Bradley, Space.com, 2 Aug. 2026

The mission to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory from burning up in Earth’s atmosphere using a robotic spacecraft has hit a snag, or more specifically, a multi-axis spin. — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 30 July 2026

Because the moon has no atmosphere, the hardware has no chance of burning up before impacting the lunar surface. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Without intervention, one of the most scientifically productive space observatories ever launched could burn up in the atmosphere later this year. — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 29 July 2026

Rhymes for burn up

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