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.

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Instead of burning up their deal, Catherine explains that Peter will continue the relationship as an FBI double agent, just like his disgraced father. —

Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025 If meteoroids survive their trip to Earth without burning up in the atmosphere, they are called meteorites, NASA says. —

Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2025 On draft night in 2019, the Timberwolves front office was burning up the phone lines to trade up from their No. 11 pick to get a skinny, small, but super-quick shooter from Vanderbilt named Darius Garland. —

Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 In this case, the replicas are expected to burn up on re-entry. —

Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for burn up