burn down

phrasal verb

burned down or burnt down; burning down; burns down

1

of a building or other structure : to be destroyed by fire

The hotel burned down in 1922.

2

of a fire : to become smaller : to gradually produce less and less flame

We watched the fire as it slowly burned down.

3

: to destroy (something) by fire

Vandals burned down the school.

burned it down

Examples of burn down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Opened in 1911 to replace a predecessor that burned down in 1909, it was rebuilt with a water tank as storage for future firefighting efforts, Shingle said. —Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025

The commodity never sleeps. LEARNED TO CASH IN Even punk, promising to burn down the system, learned to cash in. —Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025

Power banks should juice up electronics, not burn down the house. —David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025

The doctor built his dream home on the plot after purchasing it in 1997, but that original structure sadly burned down in 2017. —Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 June 2025

Rhymes for burn down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown