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Burn down Moderate

Burn down has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire

"The hut burned down"

"The mountain of paper went up in flames"

2

destroy by fire

"They burned the house and his diaries"

3

To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.

Example Sentences
"The hut burned down" verb
"The mountain of paper went up in flames" verb
"They burned the house and his diaries" verb
See Also
burnt down burn burning down burns down
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
burn destroy
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
incinerate backfire cremate torch scorch
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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