burn down

phrasal verb

burned down or burnt down; burning down; burns down

1

of a building or other structure : to be destroyed by fire

The hotel burned down in 1922.

2

of a fire : to become smaller : to gradually produce less and less flame

We watched the fire as it slowly burned down.

3

: to destroy (something) by fire

Vandals burned down the school.

burned it down

Examples of burn down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The temple, more than 330 feet long and 150 feet wide (roughly 100 meters by 46 meters), was burnt down in 356 by an arsonist named Herostratus. —Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026

That Denver squad would get burned down (GM Masai Ujiri left for Toronto, George Karl was fired and Andre Iguodala went to Golden State in a sign-and-trade) after losing to Steph Curry in the first round of the playoffs. —Zach Harper, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026

A lot of them got burnt down in the Great Fire of London. —Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026

After his home burned down in the 2018 Woolsey Fire, designer James Byford decided to rebuild on his half-acre lot in the rolling hills above Malibu‘s Zuma Beach. —Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for burn down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown