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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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"

  2. burn, fire, burn downverb

    destroy by fire

    "They burned the house and his diaries"

Wiktionary

  1. burn downverb

    To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing.

  2. burn downverb

    To burn completely, so that nothing remains.

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  1. 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.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of burn down in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of burn down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of burn down in a Sentence

  1. Killer Mike:

    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.

  2. Sarah Combs:

    At those high temperatures, within two to three seconds [ a ] child can sustain what we call a full thickness third-degree burn down to the bone.

  3. Jared Holt:

    I think White House should burn down and I'm not saying that -- I'm not telling anyone to, but I'm just saying -- I literally believe that a bolt of lightning should hit the White House and light White House on fire before White House's handed over. his role in the pro-Trump political space, connecting politicians, influencers, and activists, means that his words matter a great deal.

  4. Mandela Barnes:

    Ron Johnson allow for peaceful protesters, but Ron Johnson don't allow -- Ron Johnson don't allow peaceful protests to turn siege into siege. Listen, I don't want to see anybody lose their life, i don't want to see the violence continue. I don't want to see businesses burn down. I don't want to see economic destruction. I condemn it all.

  5. Amanda Seyfried:

    I always worry about people and how they use stoves. Which is just a controlling thing, [It’s] about the gas. You could so easily burn down something if you leave the stove on. Or the oven.


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