burn down
See also: burndown
English
editVerb
editburn down (third-person singular simple present burns down, present participle burning down, simple past and past participle burned down or burnt down)
- (transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.
- The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage.
- (intransitive, of a structure) To burn completely, so that nothing remains.
- A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 79:
- The first Earl's Court station (1871) was a wooden hut in the middle of a market garden. It served a District connection between West Brompton and the West London Line. It managed to burn down in 1875, and the Earl's Court of today dates from 1878.
- (transitive, slang) To kill (someone), especially by shooting; to attack (someone).
Derived terms
edit- burndown (noun)
- burn one down
Related terms
editTranslations
editcause a structure to burn to nothing
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completely burn so that nothing remains
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