burn down

  • 1burn down — {v. phr.} To burn to the ground; be totally gutted by fire. * /The old frame house burned down before the firefighters could get to it./ …

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  • 2burn down — {v. phr.} To burn to the ground; be totally gutted by fire. * /The old frame house burned down before the firefighters could get to it./ …

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  • 3burn down — verb 1. burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire (Freq. 3) The hut burned down The mountain of paper went up in flames • Syn: ↑burn up, ↑go up • Hypernyms: ↑burn, ↑ …

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  • 4burn down — phrasal verb Word forms burn down : present tense I/you/we/they burn down he/she/it burns down present participle burning down past tense burned down or burnt down past participle burned down or burnt down 1) [intransitive/transitive] to destroy… …

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  • 5burn down — verb a) To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing. The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage. b) To completely burn, so that nothing remains. A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down …

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  • 6burn down — phr verb Burn down is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑house, ↑mob …

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  • 7Burn down chart — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Un ejemplo de un diagrama burn down para una iteración completa, que muestra la serie temporal del esfuerzo y tareas restantes para cada uno de los 21 días hábiles de una iteración de un mes. Un diagrama burn down o… …

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  • 8Burn Down the Mission — is the tenth and final song on Elton John s album Tumbleweed Connection , released in 1970. It is one of John s longer works, being 6 minutes 21 seconds in duration. Song Structure Burn Down the Mission is musically driven by the story told by… …

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  • 9burn down — burn completely (usually used for buildings) The neighbor s house burnt down completely during the night …

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  • 10burn down — burn to the ground, burn completely; destroy …

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