Burn down

verb

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.

"The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage."

2.verb(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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