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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Fire took their jobs Fires burned up their restaurant jobs. —

Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 The blaze has burned up that walk, along with so many more in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains: trails that take you to Echo Mountain, Millard Falls, or toward the historic Mount Wilson Observatory that overlooks the city. —

Andrew Moseman, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025 The way things were burned up, there really was nothing left. —

Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 14 Jan. 2025 The Kenneth fire, which has burned up 1,052 acres as of Saturday morning, stands at around 80 percent contained. —

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for burn up