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
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Their natural environment is being polluted and burned down, and people still hunt them for their meat.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
During the Glass wildfire that swept through Napa Valley in 2020, the restaurant burned down.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025
This was to break the lease on this home that had burned down.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Butterbaugh revealed his on-again-off-again girlfriend, Golyar, had been living with him since her house burned down.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
During the Glass wildfire that swept through Napa Valley in 2020, the restaurant burned down.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025
This was to break the lease on this home that had burned down.
—Ted Koppel, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
Butterbaugh revealed his on-again-off-again girlfriend, Golyar, had been living with him since her house burned down.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for burn down
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“Burn down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20down. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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