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.
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The Latinos have burned up that show.
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
These stretchy fibers will burn up in high heat and lose their elasticity.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Northrop's Cygnus is designed to dispose of trash at the end of each mission by burning up in Earth's atmosphere.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The group’s first two albums, Supertramp (1970) and Indellibly Stamped (1971) didn’t burn up the charts commercially.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
These stretchy fibers will burn up in high heat and lose their elasticity.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Northrop's Cygnus is designed to dispose of trash at the end of each mission by burning up in Earth's atmosphere.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The group’s first two albums, Supertramp (1970) and Indellibly Stamped (1971) didn’t burn up the charts commercially.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for burn up
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“Burn up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20up. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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