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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
- Gore then devised a plan to burn down the house, destroying any forensic evidence he might have left behind.
- He tried to burn down the school by setting fire to papers on a noticeboard.
- If one does manage to burn down their house with an "FSC" - labeled cigarette, industry attorneys need only say that they never claimed the products were fire safe. "Fire Safe" Means Not Fire Safe
- In the Arsenale, the exhibition's theme of light finds glorious expression in Urs Fischer's reproduction of Giambologna's sculpture "The Rape of the Sabine Women" in the form of an enormous candle, which will burn down during the course of the show—the label on the wall laconically describes the dimensions as "variable. Setting the Art World Alight
- Well, then, burn down his house.
- But I wasn't the only one out trying to burn down the forests.
- The sparks should flash up into the touch hole, the powder shouldn't have to burn down to it.
- She was worried that the house might burn down while they were away.
- Olivia let the cigarette burn down and singe her finger slightly.
- The employment and protection of incompetent/corrupt/unskilled cadres will continue unabated, as will the protests by the same neddies who vote for the ANC every election, and then protest and burn down their libraries and municipal offices the next. Muti
