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. Baron Coleman:

   There's no circumstance that I think is legitimate that Joe Biden should enter White House, i think White House should burn down and I'm not saying that -- I'm not telling anyone to, but I'm just saying -- I literally believe that a bolt of lightning should hit the White House and light White House on fire before White House's handed over.

4. 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.

5. Joan Crawford:

   Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.