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.

Examples of burn up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Advertisement Streaks of light, commonly referred to as shooting stars, appear in the night sky when a piece of dust or other debris encounters the Earth’s atmosphere and burns up. Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024 Stuck in a lower-than-planned orbit, all 20 satellites fell back into the atmosphere and burned up. William Harwood, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2024 Then, Starliner jettisoned its disposable service module to burn up over the Pacific Ocean, while the crew module, with a vacant cockpit, took aim on New Mexico. Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2024 Browse deals on GreenPan, All-Clad and Wolfgang Puck before the savings burn up. Elsie Boskamp, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024 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 31 Oct. 2024.

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