VERB
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burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
The hut burned down
The mountain of paper went up in flames -
destroy by fire
They burned the house and his diaries
How To Use burn down In A Sentence
- Do not allow a candle to burn down completely.
- Do they also pileup, meaning, well, not only did my house burn down, but also x, y and z. CNN Transcript Oct 25, 2007
- Basically, we tried to burn down the woods.
- He'd burn down his distillery before he'd stick out his foot and trip you.
- His words were overheard and translated to said principal thusly: Daniel had gasoline and was recruiting a gang to burn down the school.
- In a show of machismo he allowed the fuse to burn down almost to the very last before his friends began to scarper.
- February 5th, 2010 at 5: 46 pm tombaker says: the firemen should let the house burn down, so that the kid who lives there learns not to play with matches. because homelessness is a fair and fit punishment for a kid who plays with matches – and his whole family. Think Progress » Tea partiers skip prayer and Pledge of Allegiance at opening of national convention.
- You don't think your house is going to burn down, but you pay for an insurance policy in case it does. Times, Sunday Times
- In 1992 they signed to Warner Brother's Records ! when a label rep saw them almost burn down a venue using pyrotechnics. YesButNoButYes: Lunch Hour Veg
- The National Trust has already betrayed its trust, albeit accidentally, by allowing the building to burn down.