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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One older study found that laughter can burn up to 1.5 calories per minute.
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
Fireballs can be seen when ancient pieces of solar system debris with diameters ranging from millimeters to meters slam into Earth's atmosphere, burning up in a fiery display of cosmic pyrotechnics that can easily outshine the brightest planets in the night sky.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 June 2025
The shot where the Evil Eye is burned to death, in particular, was animated in an abstract fashion, like his face was a painting burning up, as Gongora wanted to avoid the otherwise relatively lighthearted show from displaying the tragedy so realistically.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 6 June 2025
Additionally, the human brain burns up 20 percent of the body’s energy and therefore needs to dissipate heat efficiently.
—Madhusree Mukerjee, Scientific American, 2 June 2025
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Kelly Burch Published, Verywell Health, 2 July 2025
Fireballs can be seen when ancient pieces of solar system debris with diameters ranging from millimeters to meters slam into Earth's atmosphere, burning up in a fiery display of cosmic pyrotechnics that can easily outshine the brightest planets in the night sky.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 June 2025
The shot where the Evil Eye is burned to death, in particular, was animated in an abstract fashion, like his face was a painting burning up, as Gongora wanted to avoid the otherwise relatively lighthearted show from displaying the tragedy so realistically.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 6 June 2025
Additionally, the human brain burns up 20 percent of the body’s energy and therefore needs to dissipate heat efficiently.
—Madhusree Mukerjee, Scientific American, 2 June 2025
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 9 Jul. 2025.
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