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. Patricia McCloskey:

   [They said] that they were going to killus, they were going to come inthere.They were going to burn down thehouse.They were going to be living inour house after I was dead, andthey were pointing to differentrooms and said, Thats going tobe my bedroom and thats goingto be the living room and Imgoing to be taking a shower inthat room.

2. 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.

3. Amanda Seyfried:

   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.

4. Elizabeth Warren:

   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.

5. Judd Deere:

   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.