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

Then some of them get burned down by drug dealers. —Eric Adler december 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025

Among the files was also a 1996 complaint filed with the FBI – in which someone said that Epstein was selling photos of her sisters, ages 12 and 16, and threatened to burn down her house. —Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025

The building was burned down during the war, but was later rebuilt. —Teddy Minford, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025

Security forces cracked down on demonstrations across 100 cities and towns, with some protesters burning down gas stations and banks. —Nasser Karimi, Arkansas Online, 14 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for burn down

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