burn down
Frequency: 7.918.5 per million words
for a building to be destroyed by fire
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Examples (10)
- The factory burned down last year.
- Arsonists deliberately burned the school down.
- The historic library burned down in a mysterious fire.
- If the fire spreads, the entire neighborhood could burn down.
- After being struck by lightning, the old barn burned down.
- The protesters threatened to burn the building down.
- Firefighters fought bravely to stop the museum from burning down.
- By morning, the abandoned warehouse had completely burned down.
- He watched helplessly as his childhood home burned down before his eyes.
- The official report stated that the nightclub was intentionally burned down.