Synonyms for burn down
burn down

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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"

   Synonyms:
   rise, burn off, come on, burn up, ascend, lift, burn, draw close, arise, flare, go up, approach, come up, draw near, come near, flame up, mount, climb up, move up, near, uprise, blaze up, climb, fire

2. burn, fire, burn downverb

   destroy by fire

   "They burned the house and his diaries"

   Synonyms:
   kindle, evoke, bite, sack, give the axe, burn, dismiss, go off, go up, enkindle, give the sack, cut, glow, elicit, burn up, terminate, fire, combust, arouse, give notice, open fire, displace, sting, send away, raise, sunburn, provoke, can, cauterize, incinerate, discharge, burn off, fuel, force out, cauterise

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1. 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.

2. President Barack Obama on Tuesday:

   There's no excuse for the kind of violence that we saw yesterday. It is counterproductive, when individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot, they're not protesting. They're not making a statement. They're stealing. When they burn down a building, they're committing arson. And they're destroying and undermining businesses and opportunities in their own communities. That robs jobs and opportunity from people in that area.

3. Tony Evers:

   People across the state of Wisconsin just want a governor that is going to have their best interests, i think that is what it comes down to. You don't have to burn down the room with some fiery speech to be a good governor.

4. Darrell Sales:

   It's been a whirlwind of events and a lot of emotions and a lot of different things happening at once, i've seen plenty of houses burn down and, you know, I definitely have a new perspective or just a new insight now that my house has joined that group.

5. 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.