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Burn down

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing. transitive

    "The police are hoping to find the people who burned down the cottage."

  2. 2
    burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire wordnet
  3. 3
    To burn completely, so that nothing remains. intransitive

    "A fire which started in the bedroom caused the cottage to burn down."

  4. 4
    destroy by fire wordnet
  5. 5
    To kill (someone), especially by shooting; to attack (someone). slang, transitive

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