burn down

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Verb	1.	burn down - burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames" burn up, go up burn, combust - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" incinerate - become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"
	2.	burn down - destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries" burn, fire burn, combust - undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well" incinerate, burn - cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil" backfire - set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire cremate - reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse" torch - burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the barns" scorch - destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders scorched the land" ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

Translations

يُحْرِق

vyhořet

brænde ned

niederbrennen

πυρπολώ

incendiar reducir a cenizas

polttaa maan tasalle

incendier

izgorjeti

distruggere distruggere col fuoco

焼け落ちる

전소하다

сгореть, сжечь сжигать

brinna ner

เผาไหม้ทำลายลง

yanıp kül olmak

thiêu trụi

烧为平地

w>burn down

(house etc) → abbrennen

(fire, candle, wick) → herunterbrennen

vt sep → abbrennen

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

burn down

→ يُحْرِق vyhořet brænde ned niederbrennen πυρπολώ incendiar, reducir a cenizas polttaa maan tasalle incendier izgorjeti distruggere 焼け落ちる 전소하다 afbranden brenne opp spalić się incendiar сгореть, сжечь brinna ner เผาไหม้ทำลายลง yanıp kül olmak thiêu trụi 烧为平地

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"Do you really think it likely that my house will burn down inside the time that policy will run?"

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But Hugh and Dennis stood with their backs against it, and kept them back, until the clamour had so far subsided that their voices could be heard, when they called to them together that to go now, in broad day, would be madness; and that if they waited until night and arranged a plan of attack, they might release, not only their own companions, but all the prisoners, and burn down the jail.

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"If I didn't bowl up, I'd break loose an' burn down the shebang.

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