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.
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With enough advance warning, operators can update their drag calculations to prevent satellites from descending and burning up during these events.
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Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
Parents should always supervise children when handling sparklers, which can burn up to 1,800 degrees or hotter.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
Hwang In-ho (Lee Byung-hun), in order to burn up all the player records, but that accomplishes little, because In-ho blows up the entire Squid Game base upon learning that his cop brother Hwang Jun-ho ( Wi Ha-joon) has found the island and brought the Coast Guard there.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
Many of those satellites have long since burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere because of orbital decay.
—Mike Decaire, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
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Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
Parents should always supervise children when handling sparklers, which can burn up to 1,800 degrees or hotter.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 3 July 2025
Hwang In-ho (Lee Byung-hun), in order to burn up all the player records, but that accomplishes little, because In-ho blows up the entire Squid Game base upon learning that his cop brother Hwang Jun-ho ( Wi Ha-joon) has found the island and brought the Coast Guard there.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2025
Many of those satellites have long since burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere because of orbital decay.
—Mike Decaire, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025
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“Burn up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20up. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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