burn down

See also burndown

English

Verb

burn down (third-person singular simple present burns down, present participle burning down, simple past burned down, past participle burnt down)

1. (transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.

   The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage.

2. (intransitive, of a structure) To burn completely, so that nothing remains.

   A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down.

Translations

To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing

• Dutch: platbranden (nl) ?
• German: abbrennen (de), niederbrennen (de)

• Polish: spalić doszczętnie (pl)
• Russian: сжечь дотла (ru) (sžeč’ dotlá)

To completely burn, so that nothing remains.

• Russian: сгореть дотла (ru) (sgorét’ dotlá)