burn up

phrasal verb

burned up or burnt up; burning up; burns up

: to be destroyed or cause (something) to be destroyed by fire

Most asteroids burn up upon entering the Earth's atmosphere.

Wildfires have been raging across the region burning up acres of forest.

Do we still need these old receipts? No, burn them up.

Examples of burn up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This periodic comet, discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1790 and later linked to Horace Tuttle's 1858 observations, sheds particles that burn up in Earth's atmosphere, creating meteors. —Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024

If meteoroids survive their trip to Earth without burning up in the atmosphere, they are called meteorites, NASA says. —Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024

Unlike most other meteor showers, which are caused by bits of debris from comets that burn up in Earth’s atmosphere, the Geminids are remnants of an asteroid known as 3200 Phaethon. —Denise Chow, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024

But there’s plenty of action to be seen in the skies: Geminids typically burn up between 40 and 50 miles above our heads. —Jennifer Broome, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2024