burn up

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

If nothing is done, the spacecraft and the three telescopes on board will burn up in the atmosphere within months. — Anna Y. Q. Ho, Scientific American, 29 June 2026

But now Swift is falling back to Earth on a trajectory at an increasing rate and will burn up in our atmosphere soon, if nothing is done. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 June 2026

Wolves president of basketball operations Tim Connelly spent weeks burning up the phone lines looking for splash moves to change the complexion of the team around face-of-the-franchise Anthony Edwards. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 23 June 2026

Rather than allow the observatory to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, NASA turned Swift’s predicament into a test of an emerging technology — robotic satellite servicing. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

Rhymes for burn up

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