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burn down
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | burn down - burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"burn up, go upburn, combust - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"incinerate - become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly" | | 2. | burn down - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"burn, fireburn, combust - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"incinerate, burn - cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"backfire - set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie firecremate - reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse"torch - burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"scorch - destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
Translationsburn down
burn down1. To destroy something with fire. We watched helplessly as our house burned down despite the firefighters' efforts.2. To weaken or wane, as of a flame. Get the birthday girl in here—the candles on her cake are burning down!3. slang To embarrass someone (who can be mentioned between "burn" and "down"). Andrew must be really insecure because he's always trying to burn other people down with snide comments.See also: burn, downburn someone downSl. to humiliate someone. Man, don't you ever burn me down like that again! You just want to burn down everybody to make yourself seem better.See also: burn, downburn something down[for a fire] to destroy a building completely. The fire burned the barn down. It burned down the barn.See also: burn, downburn down 1. [for a building] to be destroyed by fire. The barn burned down. There was a fire, and the old factory was burned down. 2. [for a fire] to burn and dwindle away. The flame burned down and then went out. As the fire burned down, it began to get cold.See also: burn, downburn down1. Completely consume by fire, burn to the ground, as in Their house burned down and they had nowhere to go. [Mid-1800s] 2. Diminish for lack of fuel, as in The fire will soon burn down. [Late 1800s] See also: burn, downburn someone down tv. to humiliate someone. You just want to burn down everybody to make yourself seem better. See also: burn, down, someoneEncyclopediaSeeburnFinancialSeeBurnburn down
Synonyms for burn downverb burn completelySynonymsRelated Wordsverb destroy by fireSynonymsRelated Words- burn
- combust
- incinerate
- backfire
- cremate
- torch
- scorch
- ruin
- destroy
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