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burn down

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Verb1.burn down - burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"
burn, combust - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
incinerate - become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"
2.burn down - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
burn, combust - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"
incinerate, burn - cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"
backfire - set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
cremate - reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse"
torch - burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns"
scorch - destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land"
ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"
Translations
? burn down
vi
(house etc)abbrennen
(fire, candle, wick)herunterbrennen
vt sepabbrennen

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Do you really think it likely that my house will burn down inside the time that policy will run?
But Hugh and Dennis stood with their backs against it, and kept them back, until the clamour had so far subsided that their voices could be heard, when they called to them together that to go now, in broad day, would be madness; and that if they waited until night and arranged a plan of attack, they might release, not only their own companions, but all the prisoners, and burn down the jail.
If I didn't bowl up, I'd break loose an' burn down the shebang.
 
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