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

Orbital debris falls into the Earth's atmosphere and burns up on its way back down. —Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025

And when that burns up, it is replaced by non-native grasses oftentimes, and that’s a big concern. —Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 May 2025

Plants that need full sun will not thrive, and often don’t flower well, in shady conditions; and shade-loving plants may burn up in full sun. —Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Apr. 2025

The Starlink simulators will be on the same suborbital trajectory as Starship and are expected to burn up on reentry. —Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for burn up

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