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Definition of Burn down
1. Verb. Burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire. "The mountain of paper went up in flames"
2. Verb. Destroy by fire. "They burn down the trees"; "They burned the house and his diaries"
Related verbs: Burn, Combust, Burn, Incinerate
Specialized synonyms: Backfire, Cremate, Torch, Scorch
Generic synonyms: Destroy, Ruin
Derivative terms: Burn, Burnable, Fire, Fire, Fire
Definition of Burn down
1. Verb. (transitive) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive of a structure) To burn completely, so that nothing remains. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burn Down
Literary usage of Burn down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Missionary Gazetteer: Comprising a Geographical and Statistical Account ...by Bela Bates Edwards, Charles Williams by Bela Bates Edwards, Charles Williams (1832)
"1827, some men of his tribe came to the station, on their business being asked—"
We are come to take away your things, and burn down your premises ..."
2. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1901)
"THIRTY-SIXTH ADVENTURE HOW THE QUEEN GAVE ORDERS TO burn down THE HALL I " So
now unlace your helmets," undaunted Hagan cried, " I and my comrade o'er you ..."
3. Transactions by Glasgow Archaeological Society, Johnson Society (1883)
"The line of the burn down to ... and the burn down to that point practically
ceased to exist. The Crosshill Burn (also called the ..."
4. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1836)
"Tbc natives burn down clumps of these p'.anu for the sake of the rings at the
bottom of the ... burn down ..."
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