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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If meteoroids survive their trip to Earth without burning up in the atmosphere, they are called meteorites, NASA says. —

Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024 The two spacecraft will eventually lower their orbits and burn up in Earth's atmosphere, likely within five years, after completing their mission to investigate the sun. —

Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024 If meteoroids survive their trip to Earth without burning up in the atmosphere, they are called meteorites, per NASA. —

Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024 Customers like these are less likely to purchase or repurchase, so including them in your campaign targeting is likely burning up your ad spend and decimating your ROAS. —

Bernard May, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for burn up