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

There have also been damaging boat fires in other parts of South Florida, the most recent a blaze that ended up burning up six boats, including a 90-foot vessel, at a Sunny Isles Beach condominium dock early Friday morning. —David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 6 June 2025

The flaming parachutes burnt up in 2.3 to three seconds each take, so Cruise had to think fast — 16 times in a row. —Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025

The satellite simulators are expected to burn up on reentry. —Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 May 2025

On top of that, advanced satellites that can actively remove orbital debris by dragging junk into the atmosphere to burn up and others that can operate in-orbit servicing and refueling missions to tend to aging satellites may be just a few years away. —IEEE Spectrum, 11 May 2025

Rhymes for burn up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup