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
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The little house with the disputed boundary burned down in the spring, and no one said a thing about it until June, when Emer drove to Garrenboy because Melia had taken a fall.
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Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
Also gone is Alhambra Bowl which burned down in 1984, two years after closing.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
The most recent incarnation of the lodge had been operational since 1937, after a kitchen fire burned down the original in 1932.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
First lodge burned down in September 1932 In September 1932, a fire destroyed the lodge quickly, sending the lodge's staff fleeing in the early morning hours, according to the National Park Service.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
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Anne Enright, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
Also gone is Alhambra Bowl which burned down in 1984, two years after closing.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2025
The most recent incarnation of the lodge had been operational since 1937, after a kitchen fire burned down the original in 1932.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
First lodge burned down in September 1932 In September 1932, a fire destroyed the lodge quickly, sending the lodge's staff fleeing in the early morning hours, according to the National Park Service.
—Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for burn down
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“Burn down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burn%20down. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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