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

Asteroid burns up in Earth’s atmosphere over the Philippines Sky-gazers saw an asteroid burn up in Earth’s atmosphere over the Philippines near Luzon Island on Wednesday. —Alexandra Banner, CNN, 5 Sep. 2024

And right now, there’s very little regulation governing how most of these satellites are launched, or what happens to the internal components when the satellites die, fall earthward, and burn up in the atmosphere. —Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024

AccuWeather astronomy expert Brian Lada said the rise of videos capturing space debris burning up in the night sky could be due to an unprecedented pace of rocket launches. —Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024

But when the craft’s command module burns up upon re-entry, the astronauts become hunted men—living proof of a scheme to hoodwink the American people. —Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2024