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Synonyms for burn down
burn down
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Princeton's WordNet
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, fireburn, 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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#34 | can | |
#960 | fire | |
#989 | near | |
#1266 | approach | |
#1324 | cut | |
#2063 | fuel | |
#2206 | mount | |
#2703 | rise | |
#3551 | raise | |
#4499 | lift | |
#4915 | burn | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#7087 | arise | |
#8848 | bite | |
#9251 | climb | |
#9651 | glow | |
#10518 | terminate | |
#14457 | sting | |
#15199 | sack | |
#15596 | dismiss | |
#16632 | flare | |
#26899 | provoke | |
#29479 | elicit | |
#29834 | evoke | |
#29929 | ascend | |
#40027 | displace | |
#40719 | sunburn | |
#43132 | arouse | |
#71611 | kindle | |
#107919 | incinerate | |
#119460 | combust | |
#207890 | uprise | |
#225824 | cauterize |
How to use burn down in a sentence?
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.
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.
The perimeter was expanded to help enforce the 7 p.m. curfew in the same area where rioters attempted to burn down one of our nations most historic churches the night before. Protesters were given three warnings by the U.S. Park Police.
Who’s going to Walkerton, IN to burn down #memoriespizza w me?
These harsh tactics might work if you're willing to burn down the rest of the party in order to be the last man standing. They might work if you don't worry about leaving Iowa Democratic Party and our politics worse off than how you found Iowa Democratic Party. They might work if you think only you have all the answers and only you are the solution to all our problems.
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