burn down

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

Soldiers steal livestock, cook dinner, eat using their shields as plates, burn down an English house as a woman and child flee. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Josh Bottone, the deputy chief of Woodstock Volunteer Fire Association down the road from Bungay and one of Elliott’s mentors, joined the fire service after his neighbor’s house burned down. — Julia Levine, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026

Though the hotel burned down twice, it was rebuilt following the more recent fire of 1925; its present-day structure is inspired by Rome’s Villa Medici. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

First built in 1928, the lodge burned down in a kitchen fire in 1932 and was rebuilt in 1937, according to the Grand Canyon Historical Society. — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for burn down

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