Antonyms for burn downburn 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

How to use burn down in a sentence?

1. Killer Mike:

   I'm mad as hell. I woke up wanting to see the world burn down yesterday because I am tired of seeing black men die, we want to see the system that sets up for systemic racism burned to the ground.

2. Fabien Ilunga:

   They didn't say anything to anyone, the army started to burn down the tarpaulin houses.

3. Attica Scott:

   In Breonna's name, neither I or my teenage daughter who was arrested with me tried to burn down a library that our people need, those are some ridiculous charges that are levied against us.

4. Roger Staats:

   You never expect a house across from a fire station to burn down because you run out of the water.

5. Gordon Woo:

   It's like having a fire in your kitchen. If you don't deal with it, your whole house could burn down ... it's not the time to start haggling over who should be putting out the fire.

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