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

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

Fire officials in Colorado shared a word of warning on Monday after a house nearly burned down in Erie over the weekend in cold temperatures. —Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026

My demons have gobbled up my neighbor’s dog, burned down the assembly hall, and fabricated countless sources. —Charlie Dektar, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for burn down

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