burn down

/bərn daʊn/

/bən daʊn/

Other forms: burned down; burning down

Definitions of burn down

1. verb

   burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
   “The hut burned down”

   synonyms: burn up, go up

   types:

   incinerate

   become reduced to ashes

   type of:

   burn, combust

   undergo combustion
2. verb

   destroy by fire
   synonyms: burn, fire

   burn, combust

   undergo combustion

   burn, incinerate

   cause to undergo combustion

   types:

   backfire

   set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest or prairie fire

   cremate

   reduce to ashes

   torch

   burn maliciously, as by arson

   scathe, scorch

   destroy completely by or as if by fire

   type of:

   destroy, ruin

   destroy completely; damage irreparably