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

If the plan is carried out, it would be permanently terminated and would burn up in the atmosphere. —Brittney Melton, NPR, 5 Aug. 2025

However, Eisner wasn't willing to buy his way to the top and burn up blockbuster losses. —Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025

Chris Martin has been a busy rock star lately, burning up calories jumping around the stage and calling out people on the Kiss Cam. —Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025

At only two flights to the station per year, NASA only needs enough to staff that station through 2030, after which it will be safely decommissioned and brought back down to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 July 2025

Rhymes for burn up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup