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burn down
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Princeton's WordNet
burn down, burn up, go upverb
burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
"The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames"
burn, fire, burn downverb
destroy by fire
"They burned the house and his diaries"
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burn downverb
To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.
burn downverb
To burn completely, so that nothing remains.
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burn down
"Burn down" is a term primarily used in two contexts: 1. In project management (especially in agile and scrum methodologies), a "burn down" chart represents the work remaining over time. This visualization helps teams to track their progress and predict when the work will be completed. 2. In a literal sense, "burn down" refers to the act of completely destroying something (like a building or structure) by setting it on fire.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of burn down in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of burn down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of burn down in a Sentence
[They said] that they were going to killus, they were going to come inthere.They were going to burn down thehouse.They were going to be living inour house after I was dead, andthey were pointing to differentrooms and said, Thats going tobe my bedroom and thats goingto be the living room and Imgoing to be taking a shower inthat room.
They didn't say anything to anyone, the army started to burn down the tarpaulin houses.
These tactics might work if you're willing to burn down the party to be the last man standing, we win when we come together.
In Breonna's name, neither I or my teenage daughter who was arrested with me tried to burn down a library that our people need, those are some ridiculous charges that are levied against us.
I'm mad as hell. I woke up wanting to see the world burn down yesterday because I am tired of seeing black men die, we want to see the system that sets up for systemic racism burned to the ground.
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