burn (sth) up
— phrasal verb with burn uk/bɜːn/us/bɝːn/verb burnt or burned, burnt or burned
B2 to destroy something completely with fire or heat, or to be destroyed completely by fire or heat:
Meteorites often burn up in the atmosphere before they reach the ground.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Burning, burnt & on fire
- aflame
- alight
- burned out
- burnt
- burnt out
- burst
- char
- flame
- flammable
- forest fire
- frazzled
- go up in flames idiom
- incinerate
- inextinguishable
- lighted
- scald
- sear
- singe
- smoke
- spontaneous combustion
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