burn down
phrasal verbDefinition of burn 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
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