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How to pronounce burn down in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms burn up, go up
Type of combust, burn
Has types incinerate
Type Words
Synonyms burn, fire
Type of ruin, destroy
Has types torch, cremate, scorch, backfire
Verb group incinerate, burn, combust

Examples of burn down

burn down
Officials say when the man refused, McDermott threatened to burn down his house.
From the post-gazette.com
I do not have fire insurance on my house because I am certain it will burn down.
From the guardian.co.uk
No infants drown in bathtubs, no houses burn down, leaving innocent dead behind.
From the time.com
Rumors flew around the town that Nicholson was in fact prepared to burn it down.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Make that your focus and you could burn the building down without getting fired.
From the positivesharing.com
The former gets up and down, his chip over the burn a lovely clip to three feet.
From the guardian.co.uk
If your house is on fire, you don't throw gas on it so it will burn down quicker.
From the freep.com
The owners burn down the buildings, collect the insurance and sell the empty lot.
From the suntimes.com
I'm taxed to pay for fire trucks even though my house probably won't burn down.
From the economist.com