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burn down
Diminish for lack of fuel, as in The fire will soon burn down . [Late 1800s]
Completely consume by fire, burn to the ground, as in Their house burned down and they had nowhere to go . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
Last week, people fleeing Zamzam told the BBC their homes had been burned down and that they had been shot at.
And it would come after they already faced disruption in January after the Eaton fire burned down Pacific Clinics’ Early Head Start location in Altadena, moving her daughter to the one she attends now.
It read something to the effect of, “Hey Ms. Lief, my house burned down, but should I be getting off book?”
A few weeks later, she apologized through her attorney for saying in leaked recordings that she wanted to kill her parents and burn down her mom’s house.
I guess it just took all the fences and homes burning down for us to find each other.”
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