Burn-down Definition

verb

To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.

The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage.
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(intransitive, of a structure) To burn completely, so that nothing remains.

A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down.
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Burn-down Sentence Examples

  • Some Christmas candles even come in layered scents, where you burn down the first part of the candle, scented pine, to reach the second, scented cherry, etc. These are popular gifts to give during the holidays.

  • Thus, a home owner cannot burn down his home and thereby jeopardize the entire neighborhood.

  • The next time the novelist rings the bell I will not stir though the meeting-house burn down.

  • And the scoundrel Rostopchin was punished by an order to burn down his houses.

  • Once a bed of coals forms, you can stop adding fuel and let it burn down.

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