burn down

phrasal verb

burned down or burnt down; burning down; burns down

1

of a building or other structure : to be destroyed by fire

The hotel burned down in 1922.

2

of a fire : to become smaller : to gradually produce less and less flame

We watched the fire as it slowly burned down.

3

: to destroy (something) by fire

Vandals burned down the school.

burned it down

Examples of burn down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The wildfires at the beginning of 2025 burned down many homes and businesses, thus displacing a large percentage of people. —Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 20 Mar. 2025

The Palisades Fire burned down her house again anyway, and most of her neighborhood. —Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025

For many locals, having appropriate coverage made the difference between losing everything when their homes burned down in the blazes or being able to rebuild their properties. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025

Which character on the show is most likely to burn down the Lumon headquarters by the end of the season? —Brian Grubb, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for burn down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown